Polling
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
Assessing the Cell Phone Challenge
by Leah Christian, Scott Keeter, Kristen Purcell and Aaron Smith, Pew Research Center
But What Do the Polls Show?
How public opinion surveys came to play a major role in policymaking and politics
by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
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
Cell Phones and the 2008 Vote: An Update
by Scott Keeter, Michael Dimock and Leah Christian, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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
Getting It Wrong
by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
Special to the New York Times
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 Public Opinion Quarterly in 2007.
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)
Can You Trust What Polls Say about Obama’s Electoral Prospects?
Two Important Trends Suggest Americans May Now Be Ready to Elect an African American President
by Scott Keeter and Nilanthi Samaranayake
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.
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