And this does not include the time needed to design the survey and construct the questionnaire. Moreover, coordination with officials and the customers of the survey takes additional time. If your estimate of the time needed to produce the survey exceeds your deadline date, you are likely to decide you do not have the time to conduct a survey. A hurried survey wastes both your time and that of your respondents. The results of a hurried effort are questionable at best.
Surveys are expensive to produce.
The solution to the problem or the answer to the question may not be worth the cost to produce it. Even if it would be worth the price, you may not be able to obtain the needed funds, either from your own pocket or from your organizational budget. Although no standard estimates of survey cost are available, some of the items of expense can be examined. If other personnel are needed, they will have to be paid. If you expect to gather a great deal of data, the cost of renting ADP time and of purchasing ADP scanner sheets should be examined.