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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
This is a great forum to find a broad cross-section of music lovers respondents for your survey. A good number of us are geeks who spend way too much money on music.
Won't you have some validity issues with your survey because the respondents are self selected instead of chosen from a random sample?
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Good point Gavin. Self-selection is always an issue with web-based surveys, however in my opinion it is outweighted by the geographic reach that can be accomplished. I am using snowball sampling methods (social media, forums, email campaigns, etc.) to reach people in as many places as possible. Currently, I have participation from 19 countries and 40 states in the U.S.
Different methods have different advantages and disadvantages -- ther is no perfect research design. Depending on the research questions that are being answered, one must determine the best design to answer those questions.