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I found the survey a bit biased since it doesn't include those of us that don't use LDS's and why other than for us to use the comments section.
When I went to answer, the quesstions seem to be slanted towards you wanting to open an LDS and not hear all the truth as to why why you shouldn't, the dive shops may be dying or need to change their business model to survive.
For an unbiased collegiate survey you need to include the negatives as to why divers may not want to use an LDS in todays market vs. the internet resources, then you could actually present both sides for your thesis with an unbiased method.
Chugwhump:My only comment is that the question was:
"How many dives have you logged?"
I answered how many dives I have actually logged.
I did not list how many dives I have "done".
There is a diffence, if you care.