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What percentage of the 5000 surveys were returned? Does that response rate appear to be low? In general, what is a problem with a very low response rate?
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This can be done by dividing the number of surveys returned by the total number of surveys sent out. In this case, 717 surveys were returned out of 5000. So, the calculation would be: \[ \frac{717}{5000} = 0.1434 \] Show more…
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