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>> A total of 2,000 persons were interviewed to explore Americans’ use of digital platforms and new media. From January 4, 2018 to February 11, 2018, telephone
by smallgovt 8y ago
>> A total of 2,000 persons were interviewed to explore Americans’ use of digital platforms and new media. From January 4, 2018 to February 11, 2018, telephone interviews were conducted with respondents age 12 and older who were selected via Random Digit Dial (RDD) sampling for both cell phones and landlines.
That's it? 2,000 people surveyed? I actually don't doubt the conclusions, but given the shoddy website, old publication date, and duplicative pieces with negative outlook (https://www.edisonresearch.com/infinite-dial-2019/ https://www.edisonresearch.com/infinite-dial-2019/ and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19322448 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19322448), this seems like the work of someone with an ulterior motive.
I would bet serious money with even odds that this article was upvoted with fraudulent HN accounts. I wish I could help investigate.
- Axsuul 8y agoThis are how polls are conducted. You don't need to ask the entire country cause statistically all you need to do is survey a diverse enough subset. A low single digit margin of error is simply not worth surveying orders of magnitude more people over. This is similar to how presidential approval ratings are conducted, for example, by Gallup in which their sample sizes are even smaller.