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title: "Methods"
description: "About this Study A nationally representative survey of 1,000 adults ages 18+ was taken October 3-6, 2013. It was conducted in English on landline and cell phones. The sample contained 852 internet users and 941 cell phone owners. The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3.6 percentage points. The margin of error […]"
date: "2013-10-28"
authors:
  - name: "Maeve Duggan"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/maeve-duggan/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/10/28/methods-2-3/"
---

# Methods

#### About this Study

A nationally representative survey of 1,000 adults ages 18+ was taken October 3-6, 2013. It was conducted in English on landline and cell phones. The sample contained 852 internet users and 941 cell phone owners. The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3.6 percentage points. The margin of error for internet users is +/- 3.9 percentage points. The margin of error for cell phone owners is +/- 3.7 percentage points.