thats really very funny.  I wonder how many 21st century undergrads
will get the "return to sender" references?

thanks for sharing...

-- simon jackman

On Sep 23, 2005, at 6:42 AM, Gary Klass wrote:

> Looking for examples of response rate issues for my methods class, I
> came across this classic:
>
>
> Methodology
>
> A standard survey questionnaire was used. It was issued by email to
> 313
> fan club presidents, webmasters and other identities in the Elvis
> world.
> Of the 313 surveys distributed, 38 came back marked ‘return to
> sender’.
> Six (6) of these were able to be resent meaning a potential
> response of
> 281.
>
> http://www.elvisnews.com/Presentation/Functional/Page/articles.aspx?
> command=show&item=719
>
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> Gary M. Klass
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> Deptartment of Politics and Government
> Illinois State University
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