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misterbowfinger | 7 years ago

Uhhhh... what?

This particular survey featured interviews with 1,058 parents who belong to the panel and have a teen ages 13 to 17, as well as interviews with 743 teens

Link: http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/08/22/teens-and-screen-time-...

I get that surveys are really hard, but.... 743 seems like a ridiculously low number.

Looks like the surveys are through the "NORC AmeriSpeak panel".

Pew links to this about AmeriSpeak:

http://www.norc.org/PDFs/AmeriSpeak%20Technical%20Overview%2...

I don't know.... maybe someone who understands surveying & statistics can validate these numbers & their significance better than me?

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hammock|7 years ago

Something like this, any sample size 300 or above (assuming it was drawn in a representative way) is generally regarded as legit.

Source: I run and analyze surveys for a living

buntress|7 years ago

300 is kind of a paltry number. One high school’s population, for a medium sized town.

Look at one high school, then another. Take each high school from opposite ends of the country. Same results? Not sure about that. But hey, magic number says we’re all good. Run the article, right?

misterbowfinger|7 years ago

Thanks for correcting! Good to know!

AmeriSpeak seems to have national representation, so I can only assume it was drawn randomly throughout the nation.