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Originally Posted by Kevin
I know that in my academic career, places like GC could never be considered viable sources for anything, but is this just academic elitism?
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Only if everything is academic elitism.
The "greater purpose" of everything is debatable.
On that note, I see where you are coming from:
If the committee approved of the survey design and methodology, they are agreeing to the limitations of it. This is not masters or doctoral research** so pardon me if I'm not moved by the fact that a college is allowing undergraduates to use the Internet for a thesis. The Internet has essentially been in collegiates' lives since birth, so it was inevitable. The OP will hopefully include a discussion of the limitations of using Greekchat.com as one of (assuming not the only) source of distributing the surveys and getting an appropriate response time.
I assume I don't have to lecture the OP about the joys of re-distributing surveys to get better response time.
But, I do wonder whether the committee had the OP pre-release for a trial run to see whether the questions are truly asking what they think they are asking. Maybe Greekchat is the trial run.
I kind of hope so.
**I have seen small-level surveys distributed via email and in-class where college students are directed to websites to complete a survey. The selection process is only slightly more rigorous than releasing the surveys to a public unrestricted site.