---
"title": "Survey Methodology"
"description": "Pew Values Update Results for the November 1997 Values Update Survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,165 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period November 5-9, 1997 and November 13-17, 1997. For results based on the total sample, […]"
"date": "1998-04-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Seth Rubenstein"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/1998/04/20/survey-methodology-10/"
"categories":
  - "Politics & Policy"
---

# Survey Methodology

### Pew Values Update

Results for the November 1997 Values Update Survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,165 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period November 5-9, 1997 and November 13-17, 1997. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.