Cell Phones

The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls

Republican Vote Share Bigger in Landline-Only Surveys
by Scott Keeter, Leah Christian and Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center

The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls; Republican Vote Share Bigger in Landline-Only Surveys

Cell Phones and Election Polls: An Update

Assessing the Cell Phone Challenge

by Leah Christian, Scott Keeter, Kristen Purcell and Aaron Smith, Pew Research Center

Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years

Internet, Cell Phones Are Changes for the Better

Accurately Locating Where Wireless Respondents Live Requires More Than A Phone Number

by Leah Christian, Michael Dimock and Scott Keeter

Perils of Polling in Election ’08

by Scott Keeter, Jocelyn Kiley, Leah Christian and Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Calling Cell Phones In ’08 Pre-Election Polls

Cell Phones and the 2008 Vote: An Update

by Scott Keeter, Michael Dimock and Leah Christian, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Key News Audiences Now Blend Online and Traditional Sources

Audience Segments in a Changing News Environment

Other Findings

Cell Phones and the 2008 Vote: An Update

by Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center

Research Roundup: Latest Findings on Cell Phones and Polling

The Pew Research Center has been studying the challenge to survey research posed by the growing number of wireless-only households. Here's a summary of its latest findings.

The Impact Of “Cell-Onlys” On Public Opinion Polling

Ways of Coping with a Growing Population Segment

How Serious Is Polling’s Cell-Only Problem?

The Landline-less Are Different and Their Numbers Are Growing Fast
by Scott Keeter, Director, Survey Research, Pew Research Center

What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population

This study finds evidence that as the number of cell-phone-only households has continued to grow it does not create biased estimates for the population as a whole, but it does on certain variables for young adults, 25% of whom are cell-only. A revised version of this paper was also published in

What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population

by Scott Keeter (Pew Research Center), Courtney Kennedy (University of Michigan and Pew Research Center), April Clark (Pew Research Center), Trevor Tompson (The Associated Press), and Mike Mokrzycki (The Associated Press)

Cell-Only Voters Not Very Different

Fewer Registered, More First-time Voters
by Scott Keeter

Cell-Only Voters Not Very Different: Fewer Registered, More First-time Voters

Three Pew Research Center surveys of cell-only Americans this year have found that their absence from landline surveys is not creating a measurable bias in the bottom-line findings.

The Cell Phone Challenge to Survey Research

National Polls Not Undermined by Growing Cell-Only Population

Pre-Election Polls Largely Accurate

Lessons From Campaign '04