After gathering data on the effectiveness of company meetings, you decide to create a survey to get both qualitative and quantitative feedback. You will mail a survey to a selection of companies.

What are disadvantages of using this type of data collection? Check all that apply.

Respondents might consider the survey to be junk mail.
Respondents may exaggerate or distort facts.
Respondents do not have enough time to consider their answers.
Respondents may not represent an accurate population sample.
The response rate may be too high to manage.

Respondents might consider the survey to be junk mail.
Respondents may exaggerate or distort facts.
Respondents may not represent an accurate population sample.

People often consider mailed questionnaires to be junk mail, so the response rate to mailed surveys may be low. Furthermore, those who do respond might not reflect an accurate sample of your target population. While surveys normally provide ample time for respondents to consider their answers, respondents may nonetheless exaggerate or distort the facts.