1.4.2.3 Methodological considerations in relation to the survey

Finally, Chapter 4 relies on the presentation of survey-based findings used for illustrative purposes. Regardless of its exploratory nature, the Nyenrode – PwC Social Enterprise Survey of 2016 regards the methodological issue of bias. Although the collection of rich information was the first priority of the Nyenrode – PwC Social Enterprise Survey of 2016, it did not include information that was coloured with the pre-existing thoughts and notion of the researchers involved in the development of the study, including also me. Sub- section 4.3 of Chapter 4 explains how the development of the related survey part concerning stakeholder participation in the Dutch social enterprises dealt with unintended bias that could have been developed in the survey’s sample and in the respondents’ responses to the survey questions.