oh, absolutely. And, well, eliminated is as good a word as culled, lol I did consider several possibilities for handling it, but none of them would be able to produce the level of responses sought in order to make the sample effective. Had the final sample only had 400 or so repsonses, it wouldn't have been an effective survey, and the value of it would be much more limited. The "magic number" for a good base really is 600, and this one squeaked by in the end, lol.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)