Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using surveys for data collection.

Advantages                                  Disadvantages

Larger radius than personal  Difficult to develop rapport

Larger target                                   Non-response

Explanation:

Some of the advantages of surveys are, efficient data collection, gather info on attitudes, values, thoughts, feelings, and other unobservable phenomena, and its easy to use. Some of the disadvantages are that it may be unreliable (deception, memory lapses, poor questions), and they cannot draw cause-and-effect conclusions.