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Survey

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

/ˈsɜːveɪ/nounCore term

In academic english & research, survey means: A research method that collects information from many people, usually by asking the same set of questions in a questionnaire or interview.

In Turkish: anket, anket çalışması, tarama araştırması

How it is used

Strictly, the survey is the whole method or study and the questionnaire is the instrument used in it, though many people use the words interchangeably. Researchers conduct, administer or distribute a survey; online surveys often use tools such as Google Forms or Qualtrics.

Example sentences

  1. We conducted an online survey of 1,200 university students in Ankara and İzmir.

  2. The survey response rate was 64 percent.

Common collocations

  • conduct a survey
  • online survey
  • survey data
  • response rate
  • survey research
  • questionnaireA set of written questions given to many people to collect information about their opinions, experiences or behavior.
  • sampleThe smaller group of people, items or texts selected from a larger population for a study, so that conclusions can be drawn about that population.
  • quantitativeDescribing research that collects numerical data and uses statistics to measure, compare or test relationships, often with larger samples.
  • data collectionThe process of gathering information for a study, for example through questionnaires, interviews, observations, tests or existing records.

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