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Originally Posted by chamekke
It's really impossible to generalize about "older folks"...
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Well, let's face it: This is a statistical sample; it simultaneously generalizes about every group, and by its existence leaves out a significant portion of every group that does not fit their generalization. (I don't fit it either.)
Not to mention the fact that the age categories don't really mean much overall, they're just media-inspired placeholders... and that they left out a significant segment (under 18) in their analysis. And finally, the fact that we already know that, after the holidays, all of these figures have certainly undergone a change.
If Pew tried to redo this research, my suggestion would be not only to include under-18 in the study, but break the age categories up by tens, either by the zeros or by the fives, in order to get a better breakdown of device use.
And even if they do that... it'll still be a generalization.