Forced Selections
Mostly, the surveys are well done and meaningful. Far too many surveys, however, have questions that do not relate to the participant's situation with no option to move on without selecting one of the answers, therefore generating a meaningless answer. There should be an option of "this does not apply to me/my situation". For example: I am asked to rate businesses in a specific area as to whether they are good or bad by putting each on a ratings scale. One or more of the businesses I have absolutely no experience with or knowledge of, but I must select a rating before I can move on. This is not fair to the business good or bad. A selection category of: "I know nothing of this entity" would be very helpful.