Problems and Priorities has three characteristics that make it unique. The first is that the survey has a large number of respondents. In all, 3,856 small-business owners returned useable questionnaires out of 23,000 surveys mailed. The sizable response allows break-outs into a large number of respondent categories or groups with adequate returns to analyze and compare them. It is thereby possible and appropriate to note where the responses of those in different categories or groups vary from the population and among each other. The second characteristic making the study unique is that most surveys of this genre are limited to.
