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Question 1. What are the two predominant methods for survey data collection?

The two predominant methods for survey data collection are mail surveys and online surveys.

Question 2. Young (1996:55) highlights the decline of mail survey methods in management accounting, after a period in excess of 25 years during which it has been the pre-eminence research method in use in the discipline. He attributes the decline to three major factors: What are they?

First factor is a growing interest in alternative forms of research, which can provide richer data sources

Second factor is the increasing difficulty of having mail survey studies published in major refereed journals

Third factor is doubts about the usefulness of survey research in accounting since it has failed to yield a cohesive body of knowledge concerning accounting and control practices, despite 25 years of trying to do so.