Results form surveys are often taken at face value. Show, by discussing the construction and administration of postal questionnaires, where errors could occur in the data collection process.

A survey is a way of systematically gathering information using structured interviews or

postal/ telephone questionnaires, it also involves the interpretation of this data by

enumeration and statistical analysis.  Results form surveys should not be taken at face

value as they often are. The data collection process needs to be looked at in greater detail

and understood before the results can be correctly interpreted.

This essay will explain how and where errors can occur in the data collection process

by discussing the administration and construction of postal questionnaires.  Postal…(short extract)