Greek Ritual Survey!

[DrPhil]

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?

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.

[unicorn]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

If the committee approved of the survey design and methodology, they are agreeing to the limitations of it.

That was my point, really... particularly the point where I said the OP should talk to her advisor. If they're willing to accept this methodology, what's it to me?