beth holloway. according to the u.s. census bureau, cell phone usage jumped 300% from 34 million in...
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Beth Holloway
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, cell phone usage jumped 300% from 34 million in 2003 to 159 million in 2004.
Bergman, Mike. U.S. Census Bureau Report Press Release. December 9, 2004
From 2008-2009, Smart Phone usage rose from 26% to 33% and is continuing to rise.
Tsirulnik, Giselle. "Smartphone usage is on the rise: AdMob" March 25, 2009. Retrieved from: http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/2900.html on
March 15, 2010.
With the obvious rise in the use of cell and smart phones in the U.S., my experiment set out to answer the following question:
Does the rise in cell phone and smart phone use close the generation gap of using this technology?
My Hypothesis is that:
The gap between generational use of a cell phone or a smart phone is smaller now than 5 years ago.
After putting together a survey for participants, I asked 5 people from the following age groups to answer 6 questions on their cell phone or smart phone usage:• 10-19 year olds• 20-29 year olds• 30-39 year olds• 40 year old and beyond
My results of my experiment proved my hypothesis correct.
Five years ago, the generational gap was around 25%
Today, however, that gap is 0%
My results may be inaccurate based on a couple of issues:
• My survey was a bit confusing to participants.
• The number of participants should probably have been closer to 100 rather than 20.