{"id":95874,"date":"2009-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/11\/04\/appendix-c-methodology-6\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:48","slug":"appendix-c-methodology-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2009\/11\/04\/appendix-c-methodology-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix C: Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;methodology-and-design&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"methodology-and-design\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methodology and Design<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em>Provided by Princeton Survey Research International.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Personal Networks and Community Survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,512 adults living in households in the continental United States. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research International. The interviews were conducted in English by Princeton Data Source, LLC between July 9, 2008 and August 10, 2008.\u00a0 Statistical results were weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies.\u00a0 The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is \u00b12.1%.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"sample-design\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample Design<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A combination of landline and cellular random digit dial (RDD) samples was used to represent all adults in the continental United States who have access to either a landline or cellular telephone. Both samples were provided by Survey Sampling International, LLC (SSI) according to PSRAI specifications.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numbers for the landline sample were selected with probabilities in proportion to their share of listed telephone households from active blocks (area code + exchange + two-digit block number) that contained three or more residential directory listings. The cellular sample was not list-assisted, but was drawn through a systematic sampling from 1,000 blocks dedicated to cellular service according to the Telcordia database.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"questionnaire-development-and-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questionnaire Development and Testing<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A questionnaire was developed by PSRAI in collaboration with Keith N. Hampton and staff of the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project. To improve the quality of the data, the questionnaire was pretested with a small number of respondents using RDD telephone number samples. The pretest interviews were conducted using experienced interviewers who judged the quality of the answers and the degree to which respondents understood the questions.\u00a0 Using recordings, PSRAI staff reviewed the pretest interviews. Some final changes were made to the questionnaire, based on the reviewed pretest interviews.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>Contact Procedures<\/b> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviews were conducted between July 9, 2008 and August 10, 2008. As many as ten attempts were made to contact every sampled telephone number. Samples were released for interviewing in replicates, which are representative subsamples of the larger sample. Using replicates to control the release of the sample ensured that complete call procedures were followed for the entire sample. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the landline sample, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest adult male currently at home. If no male were available, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest female at home. This systematic respondent selection technique has been shown to produce samples that closely mirror the population in terms of age and gender. For the cellular sample, interviews were conducted with the person who answered the phone. Interviewers verified that the person was an adult and in a safe place before administering the survey. Cellular sample respondents were offered a post-paid, cash incentive for their participation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>Weighting and Analysis<\/b> <\/p>\n\n<p>[a]<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weighting was accomplished using Sample Balancing, a special iterative sample-weighting program that simultaneously balances the distributions of all variables using a statistical technique called the <i>Deming Algorithm<\/i>. Weights were trimmed to prevent individual interviews from having too much influence on the final results. The use of these weights in statistical analysis ensures that the demographic characteristics of the sample closely approximate the demographic characteristics of the national population. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>Response Rate<\/b> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response rate estimated the fraction of all eligible respondents in the sample who were ultimately interviewed. At PSRAI, response rate is calculated by taking the product of three component rates:[16. PSRAI\u2019s disposition codes and reporting are consistent with the American Association for Public Opinion Research standards.]<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>contact rate \u2013 the proportion of working numbers where a request for interview was made;[17. PSRAI assumes that 75% of cases that result in a constant disposition of \u201cno answer\u201d or \u201cbusy\u201d are actually not working numbers.]<\/li>\n<li>cooperation rate \u2013 the proportion of contacted numbers where a consent for interview was at least initially obtained, versus those refused;<\/li>\n<li>completion rate \u2013 the proportion of initially cooperating and eligible interviews that were completed. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response rate for the landline sample was 21%. 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