Letter: Unscientific survey may be misleading

Dear Editor:
While I agree that it is important to seek public input on the Outdoor Adventure Center, a survey such as offered on your website can be misleading.
Valid surveys, by the rigorous rules of statistical sampling, must be administered to a sample of people from the community who are randomly selected, include sufficient numbers of respondents to measure significance, and provide follow-up contact to assure at least 85 percent response by the sample.…