09-27-2017, 07:41 PM
(09-27-2017, 07:15 PM)Coke6pk Wrote:(09-27-2017, 04:40 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: @tom009 telephone surveys miss millennials like me who don't have a land line.
They can't get cell numbers? My cell phone receives so many annoying free trip / cruise winning messages, it drives me nuts. And now they are ghosting them with 226 area code numbers....
Coke
Those free cruise calls are not actually legal, they're breaking the law, in a way which legitimate polling agencies won't do.
That being said, you *can* call cell numbers, but not with an autodialer, and also, there are a number of other problems with doing so, including being unable to locate a cell phone number to a specific geographic area, like you can with land lines.
http://www.cmoresearch.com/articles/you_...phones.php
When it comes right down too it, telephone surveys aren't as effective as they once were. Like I said, I think GRT is doing the right thing here, by using many different sources, running many public consultations, as well as having online engagement. The raw demographic information from just the online engagement doesn't tell the whole story. I don't think there's a simple and cheap answer to perfect polling.