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title: "Methodology"
description: "Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,786 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period March 24-30, 1999. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to […]"
date: "1999-04-08"
authors:
  - name: "Seth Rubenstein"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1999/04/08/methodology-184/"
categories:
  - "Bilateral Relations"
  - "Economic Policy"
  - "Global Economy & Trade"
  - "Global Image of Countries"
  - "Global Trade"
  - "International Affairs"
---

# Methodology

Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,786 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period March 24-30, 1999. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For results based on either Form 1 (N=893) or Form 2 (N=893), the sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error into the findings of opinion polls.