I believe this was a survey about Flyertalk(ers) for some kind of term paper/thesis. There will almost certainly be limited generalizability to the average traveller, but that doesn't matter. Of course, we don't know if milegirl was lucky enough to get a reasonable sample of Flyertalkers (and the results for gender, age, and hh income say: probably not), but that's great for her, as it adds pages to the discussion and limitations sections of the thesis.
Milegirl, Thanks for posting the results of the survey. Will we get to read the end product?
Originally Posted by BearX220
Some of these results seem of limited validity. You've got 132 of 134 respondents saying they "usually" use the Internet to research travel plans. Well, it's a web-based survey, so your respondent base is limited to people who are comfortable with website interfaces. Of course they all use the web to research travel. The actual percentage is far lower, and if you went and stood in front of a Safeway with a clipboard asking that question, you'd get a lower -- and more valid -- answer. I'd throw that question out.
Same with the one asking "Do you currently belong to any frequent flyer programs?" As you solicited respondents from the web's leading virtual community of frequent flyer program members, you naturally get a statistically invalid answer (99% say yes).
65% of your respondent base claims to travel more than 10 times annually; that's another way-off-the-norm response.
Because the respondent base is self-selected, unusually well-traveled compared to the general population, and excludes people who are not web savvy, I don't know what the survey really proves.
