[Air-l] the colorado survey

[Barry Wellman]

I am bemuzzled by the Colorado teen internet survey which Reid Cornwell
has shared with us.

Here is what he posted:

"The Center For Internet Research just completed an online survey. While
the
results are preliminary the trends are clear and as follows:

*       Links to the survey form were sent via email to 2000 Colorado
teens
between 14 and 18
*       1,000 were in rural settings and 1,000 were urban
*       1,123 people responded
*       610 rural kids responded (insignificant gender differences)
*       515 urban kids responded (insignificant gender differences)
*       All respondents reported that they participated in some sort of
real-time chatting
*       All reported that they did so while doing other tasks (homework
etc.)
*       All reported that they preferred this form of communication rather
than telephone
*       All reported that they spent more time chatting online or emailing
than they spent in f2f activities
*       All reported that they downloaded music at some time
*       All reported that they share music, links data, and homework with
their friends
*       All reported that they valued technical skills of their peers and
it
appears that kids who help them keep their devices working had certain
status
*       All reported that they did not perceive a peer to peer negative
reaction related to computer use or skills
*       All reported that kids who did not use these devices were seen as
odd or different. (stigma)"
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This apparently is an internet-only population.
A few questions:

1. What was the sampling frame? Was it a random sample?
2. What was the response rate?
3. And most importantly, I am immensely impressed that All of the
respondents agreed in All of the items mentioned above. Even Brezhnev
only had 99% or so voting for him in USSR elections in the 1980s, as I
recall. What is it about Colorado teens that they agree with each other so
thoroughly?

 Barry
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