Hi all, I've been lurking for a bit and now need some advice, or maybe just some 'think that's stupid? Listen to this...' comments!
Am doing a survey for my PhD, recruiting 4000 people in primary care. I'm usually meticulous but it's been hard lately and I stupidly sent some letters out with the wrong name for the address. In principle it isn't that bad, but the primary care organisation are fuming (fair enough). This morning I assured them only 20 had gone out wrong (which is what I thought), but it's actually 70. Worse still, none should have gone out before they had Ok'd it anyway. Ugh. I'm writing to each of the patients to apologise but... do I own up to how many there are, or lie if they ask and hope they don't find out? I have a sneaky feeling they'll complain about me (and I probably won't be allowed to complete the survey) if I own up, but if I don't and they find out I lied...
Haven't had the guts to tell my supervisor yet, been trying to sort it out on my own.