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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 8,378 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period October 10 – November 26, 2000. For results based on the total sample during October 10 – November 19 (N=7,426), one […]"
date: "2000-12-03"
authors:
  - name: "Stacy Rosenberg"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2000/12/03/methodology-23-3/"
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# Methodology

Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 8,378 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period October 10 - November 26, 2000.

For results based on the total sample during October 10 - November 19 (N=7,426), one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 1.5 percentage point. For results based on online users (N=4,186) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. For results based on election news consumers (N=1,435) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

For results based on online users (N=2,876) during the period of October 10 - November 9, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. For results based on election news consumers (N=841) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

For results based on all adults (N=3,234) during the period November 10-26, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.