---
"title": "Assessing The Cell Phone Challenge"
"description": "A joint study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Internet & American Life Project takes an up-to-date look at the potential biases in findings based on landline-only surveys."
"date": "2010-05-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Leah Christian"
    "job_title": "Guest Contributor"
  -
    "name": "Scott Keeter"
    "job_title": "Senior Survey Advisor"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/scott-keeter/"
  -
    "name": "Kristen Purcell"
    "job_title": "Guest Contributor"
  -
    "name": "Aaron Smith"
    "job_title": "Director, Data Labs"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/aaron-smith/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2010/05/20/assessing-the-cell-phone-challenge-3/"
"categories":
  - "Mobile"
---

# Assessing The Cell Phone Challenge

With fully a quarter of the U.S. adult population now relying solely on cell phone service, pollsters and other survey researchers face a difficult decision as to whether to include cell phones in their samples. A joint study by the [Pew Research Center for the People & the Press](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/) and the Pew Internet & American Life Project takes an up-to-date look at the potential biases in findings based on landline-only surveys. [**Read the full report at PewResearch.org »**](http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1601/assessing-cell-phone-challenge-in-public-opinion-surveys)