I have to chime in and agree with those who have said that if they are not willing to reveal who is conducting the research it is best to stay away. I have been involved in research where revealing who is doing the research might bias people's responses and may even make some hang up before they get to the questions. Of course, the people who hang up are the very ones you want most to hear from. It also creates problems in terms of making sure you have a representative sample. We worked hard to find a way to phrase the introductory remarks, so we would get the best responses and lose as few respondants as possible. We were also aware that we would lose some people no matter what we did. That's in the nature of the business. It's no excuse for not telling who is doing the research. Naomi Bar-Yam *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html