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Only 53% of respondents purchased the PDA for themselves, 27% received it as a gift, while another 20% received it from their company. Most people who buy their own PDA said it was to ”make life easier,” while only 6% said it was because they wanted the newest technology.
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RE: Only half?
RE: Only half?
This study is biased and meaningless...
This is all I could find on their study methodology on their web site (CE.org):
{{{The ”PDA Owner Profile” study was conducted via Internet Web form to a sample of 649 adult PDA owners during December 2000. The complete study is available free to CEA member companies.}}}
I'm not a CEA member company, so I guess that's all I'll ever see. Still, the mere fact that the study was conducted via the Internet makes it biased in favor of people who utilize technology. This is known as "sampling bias." Also, self-reporting studies (I'm assuming that filling out the web form was voluntary) are virtually always flawed due to referral bias. Futhermore, given the size of the current PDA user base, a sample of less than 650 people is really far too small to give the study any power.
As an further example of bad statistics, did you know that fully 50% of all American high school students scored below the mean on standardized exams?
RE: This study is biased and meaningless...
RE: This study is biased and meaningless...
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