Question

List as many possible limitations for the following study: An online survey is conducted of life satisfaction and political party affiliation of 84 participants. The study agrees with literature value that republicans report an higher value of life satisfaction than democrats.

Answer 1

1) online survey is conducted but their could be bias as sample might not be distributed normally

For ex. it is possible that the survey might have been completed by republicans more than democrats creating a bias in sampling

2) No alternative method of sampling is used to cross verify the result with this method

3) Survey might not give the accurate response as there can not be any monitoring on that

4) Absence of Interviewer. As it is survey there is limit on the depth of questions and open ended questions can not be asked here

5) There might be chances of survey fraud.