{"id":96562,"date":"2006-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2006\/04\/19\/questions-and-methodology-6\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:14:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:14:16","slug":"questions-and-methodology-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2006\/04\/19\/questions-and-methodology-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions and Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;february-2005-daily-tracking-survey&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"february-2005-daily-tracking-survey\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 2005 Daily Tracking Survey<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em>Final Topline,\u00a03\/24\/05<\/em> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Data for February 21 \u2013 March 21, 2005<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sample: n = 2,201 adults 18 and older<br>Interviewing dates: 02.21.05 \u2013 03.21.05<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on the full sample [n=2,201]<\/li>\n<li>Margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on internet users [n=1,450]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>BIG01<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now I\u2019d like to ask you about some important decisions or changes that may have occurred in your life.\u00a0 In the last two years have you\u2026?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>BIG02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Thinking about the process you went through as you made this decision or dealt with this event, would you say the Internet played a <b>crucial<\/b> role in this, an important role, a minor role, or no role at all?[3.numoffset=&#8221;3&#8243; Question wording for BIG02 in January 2002 trends as follows: \u201cThinking about how you came to do this, would you say the Internet played a crucial role in this, an important role, a minor role, or no role at all?\u201d]<\/p>\n\n<p>[N=1,450]<\/p>\n\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"505\" alt=\"BIG02\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/8E5E6A87195E4C06A403C830513D94D0.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<p> <b>BIG04<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019d like to know the specific role the internet played in that decision or event.\u00a0 Did the internet mostly\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <b>Based on those for whom internet played &#8216;crucial&#8217; or &#8216;important&#8217; role in major moment in past two years <\/b> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"260\" alt=\"BIG04\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/389CE36674114677B6989C86BD489168.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>BIG05<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 At any point during this process, did you get BAD information or advice on the internet that made your experience more difficult, or wasn\u2019t this a problem for you?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>Based on those for whom internet played &#8216;crucial&#8217; or &#8216;important&#8217; role in major moment in past two years <\/b> <\/p>\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"178\" alt=\"BIG05\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/645FA0923B3145FD8067FD00BD472631.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>BIG06<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Thinking about all of the different sources of information you used as you went through this process, was the most important source something you found ON THE INTERNET or something you found OFFLINE?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>Based on those for whom internet played &#8216;crucial&#8217; or &#8216;important&#8217; role in major moment in past two years <\/b> <\/p>\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"160\" alt=\"BIG06\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/9314EDE6708F4B5D8A3542549295E572.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <b>BIG03<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Which of these important life decisions or events happened most recently?<\/p>\n\n<p>[N=231]<\/p>\n\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"138\" alt=\"BIG03\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/B6325DC3987849E3B53C94B8E95B256B.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;methodology&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"methodology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methodology<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans&#8217; use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from February 21 to March 21, 2005, among a sample of 2,201 adults, 18 and older.\u00a0 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 2.3<b> <\/b>percentage points.\u00a0 For results based Internet users (n=1,450), the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.\u00a0 In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting telephone surveys may introduce some error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sample for this survey is a random digit sample of telephone numbers selected from telephone exchanges in the continental United States. The random digit aspect of the sample is used to avoid \u201clisting\u201d bias and provides representation of both listed and unlisted numbers (including not-yet-listed numbers). The design of the sample achieves this representation by random generation of the last two digits of telephone numbers selected on the basis of their area code, telephone exchange, and bank number.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New sample was released daily and was kept in the field for at least five days. The sample was released in replicates, which are representative subsamples of the larger population. This ensures that complete call procedures were followed for the entire sample.\u00a0 At least 10 attempts were made to complete an interview at sampled households. The calls were staggered over times of day and days of the week to maximize the chances of making contact with a potential respondent. Each household received at least one daytime call in an attempt to find someone at home.\u00a0 In each contacted household, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest male currently at home. If no male was available, interviewers asked to speak with the oldest 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.\u00a0 All interviews completed on any given day were considered to be the final sample for that day.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non-response in telephone interviews produces some known biases in survey-derived estimates because participation tends to vary for different subgroups of the population, and these subgroups are likely to vary also on questions of substantive interest. In order to compensate for these known biases, the sample data are weighted in analysis. The demographic weighting parameters are derived from a special analysis of the most recently available Census Bureau\u2019s 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (March 2004). This analysis produces population parameters for the demographic characteristics of adults age 18 or older, living in households that contain a telephone. These parameters are then compared with the sample characteristics to construct sample weights. The weights are derived using an iterative technique that simultaneously balances the distribution of all weighting parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"center\">Following is the full disposition of all sampled telephone numbers:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Sample disposition\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/57829CF41B554CD4AAE22000C18B7258.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PSRAI calculates a response rate as the product of three individual rates:\u00a0 the contact rate, the cooperation rate, and the completion rate.\u00a0 Of the residential numbers in the sample, 72 percent were contacted by an interviewer and 45 percent agreed to participate in the survey.\u00a0 Eighty-nine percent were found eligible for the interview.\u00a0 Furthermore, 92 percent of eligible respondents completed the interview.\u00a0 Therefore, the final response rate is 30 percent.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2005 Daily Tracking Survey Final Topline,\u00a03\/24\/05 Data for February 21 \u2013 March 21, 2005 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet &amp; 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