> A large university emailed a questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 120 students in this year’s freshman class. ... Thirty of the students emailed did

> A large university emailed a questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 120 students in this year’s freshman class. ... Thirty of the students emailed did not respond to the questionnaire. I don't answer questionnaires because they're almost always gamed by the sender to cheat me out of something -- or when I do provide answers they're always false in a way directly opposite of whatever I feel like. For a direct example, the University sent questions and then asks other students to solve why some students didn't answer. I presume there's no field for a long-form answer for when none of the canned answers provide the nuance. That's a gamed questionnaire and provides zero honest value. Other answers might be "the student's email address is invalid" or "the student is inundated with other duties" or "the student doesn't understand the questions" or "the student disagrees that any of the answers are valid". The best plan of action is for the University to directly contact (in-person) the students and find out how to help the student to answer the question. It is, after all, in the business of helping students to educate themselves, right?