<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 11:45 AM Allan Mustard <<a href="mailto:allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org">allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><br><p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Surveys are conducted
to collect information about what respondents think, believe,
and prefer. Those are the intentions of this survey, as they
should be for all surveys.<br></font></p></div></blockquote><div>Perhaps it is just a casual substitution of terminology, but this isn't exactly correct. Surveys are conducted to learn about a *target population*, not to learn about the *respondents* per se. Those conducting the survey generally take steps to ensure that those invited to respond, and those that actually respond, accurately reflect the target population. If one only cares about respondents, then one doesn't have to worry about any bias in the way the respondents were selected (self or otherwise). <br></div><div><br></div><div>Having said that, the task of conducting an accurate survey of the "OSM Community" is going to be difficult, and sometimes one must do the best they can with the resources they have, while acknowledging the limitations of their approach. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div>