When giving feedback through a survey, where do you draw the line at personal questions?

Are they looking for essay answers? Because that would be easy. “If I were interested, this is the sort of situation I’d look for…” It sounds as if they’re trying to regain your business. Are they?

The other day I was presented with a survey which I eventually ditched. Instead I contacted them, and told them what really interested me.

Both. Multiple choice regarding race,income,age, mortgage etc, with a few spaces for elaboration.
I did think about calling but then my privacy goes out the window.
I believe they are trying to garner interest in renting studio space for artist’s.
I don’t need that nor do the artists I know personally but it’s in an active city so maybe they will get tenants who will go for it.
I also get the impression that the surveys are part of a grant seeking quest.

If you really would like to help them, you could create a new email, and contact them anonymously. Tell them only the information you want to, and that’s it. Then use that email only for future “junk”. lol

“I’d like to help but have no desire to tell them my personal business.”
Possibly write that in the comments in that survey?

@snowberry & @Inspired_2write -Not a bad idea :)

I draw the line when they ask my breast size.

I used to answer household income, but now I’m hesitant. My income has swung so much the last 5 years it’s meaningless anyway.

I wouldn’t answer mortgage amount either, unless I had to for a loan application.

It depends who’s asking also. I don’t mind answering race, although I think my answers aren’t really very good for race and ethnicity data. My race is white, but my household has someone Hispanic (my husband) and he’s more educated than me, etc. If they don’t ask everything about the household it’s not useful I think.

@lucillelucillelucille When giving feedback through a survey, where do you draw the line at personal questions?

At the beginning: when I ask how much will you pay, what is the size of the cohort, and what is the standard error of your statistical sample size?

That’s usually around the time I hear the click.

If we get much further and they don’t ask me about net wealth I feel insulted.

If there are no questions about sexuality I try to insert one.

One time I was asked to attend a survey evening with booze and nibbles and $200 pay.

I regret disdaining the free booze and cheese platter and the chance to hobnob with the hoi oligoi.

These days, I garner considerable solace from the interrogatory survey questions on Fluther.

@Pinguidchance – I am here to help with that.
As for hobnob? I haven’t heard that since I lost a spelling bee due to the letter k.
It doesn’t belong in that word.
I should’ve asked for a definition.
dammit