Project 3

Telephone Interviews and Cell-Phone Owners

Background:

In our archival analyses of research by the The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press we found that very few cell-phone contacts were made. In addition, we found that young adults (18-24, and 25-34) were under represented in the sample. Are these two observations related? Are the sample data suspect because they failed to get a representative sample of young adults?

Hypotheses:

Participants 18-25 are less likely to have a land line than participants 40+.
Participants 18-25 are more likely to be democratic than the 40+ participants.
Participants 18-25 are more likely to vote for the younger candidate.
Higher income participants in the 18-25 group are more likely to have a land line.
Participants in the 18-25 group who live with their family are more likely to have access to a land line.
Participants in the 18-25 group are more likely to be registered to vote than the phone survey reveals.

Methods:

Project 3: Quasi-Experiment:

This is a group project. We will design a questionnaire to test a specific hypothesis. We will then collect data, analyze the data, and write up individual research reports. Materials relevant to Fall 2008 are listed below.

Telephone Interviews and Cell-Phone Owners