Limitations

Like all research, our experiment was bound to have limitations. We must recognize that our sample size was relatively small, which means we were not be able to gather the mass amount of qualitative and quantitative information we need for our study to represent a large population. Our usage of convenience sampling was another large limitation. Although convenience sampling allowed us to reach respondents more easily, it limited our population to our direct acquaintances, which means our data is not able to be generalized to a large population. Convenience sampling also limited our data because it limited the demographics we were able to reach. This is proven in the fact that the majority of respondents were female juniors (the same demographic as all three researchers) but no freshman females choose to participate. This limitation comes from the fact that most of the researcher's Facebook friends (especially those close enough to be willing to help by taking a survey) fall into the same or similar demographic groups. A larger sample size may have helped to fix this limitation.

An additional limitation is that our study also has no real funding to give us access to further research. Because of this we did not have the resources to conduct focus groups, individual interviews, or any other research techniques that could further our study. Another limitation comes from the unavoidable bias of the researchers that is present in the survey and analysis of the data. Also, it is impossible to ensure that every respondent answers the survey truthfully. There is always the possibility that a respondent provided false information that wrongly affected our study. Our last limitation is time. Given that DePaul is on a fast-paced quarter system our study was conducted and finished in less than ten weeks. This means that our research has several loose ends, unanswered questions, and new directions of study that will remain uninvestigated at this time.