# kaal:claim:2739479-017

**Claim.** Survey research on private fund advisers is structurally constrained because these advisers traditionally oppose publicity and hold a strong preference for confidentiality and privacy, which makes a substantial effective sample size difficult to obtain.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- survey research on registered private fund advisers

**Source quote.**

> The 2012 and 2015 surveys were subject to sampling constraints. Private fund advisers traditionally oppose publicity and have a strong preference for confi- dentiality and privacy.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2* (2016), III.1. Sample Constraints, page 30

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2739479

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**Failure mode.** Private fund survey nonresponse  (family: sample-and-selection-bias)

**Topics.** empirical-evidence, research-methods, private-funds, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** survey-methodology, sample-constraints, nonresponse, private-funds, empirical-legal-studies

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