[Theforum] Re: questionnaire

[Luther, Ron]

Hi Amanda,


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... email whether they were hostile or not would not produce an accurate
sampling of the group
</snip>


Ummmmm ... the web-based questionnaire will not be an 'accurate'
sampling of the group either.  [It's one of those anal stat technical
little things about numerically projecting results from non-random
samples.  I don't think it's a big thing to worry about or anything.]

I don't think 'accurate sampling' is real important at this point.  I
think there is 'value' to be gained by giving this whirl.  Just wanted
to be up-front and let everyone know that they should take more
'directional' value from the results than 'quantitative'.  {It really
only comes into play if anyone trys to use the results to say stuff like
"well 13% said 'x' and 11% said 'y' ... so 'x' is more important".  This
kind of questionnaire is not going to be that precise an instrument.}


RonL.