USNEWS 2010 Rankings

Phead128
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:42:09 +0000

^ Agreed, “significant” may not have been the best word to use in that situation. I also said

“A high response rate is the key to legitimizing a survey’s results. When a survey elicits responses from a large percentage of its target population, the findings are seen as more accurate. Low response rates, on the other hand, can damage the credibility of a survey’s results, because the sample is less likely to represent the overall target population.”