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Survey

Meaning in UX/UI design, with examples

/ˈsɜːrveɪ/nounCore term

In UX/UI design, survey means: A set of written questions sent to many people at once to collect their answers, opinions or ratings in a form that can be counted and compared.

In Turkish: anket

How it is used

Teams send out or run surveys with tools like Google Forms or Typeform, often inside the product or by email. Surveys show what and how many; interviews explain why. Response rate and sample size matter.

Example sentences

  1. We sent a short survey to 2,000 customers and got 340 responses.

  2. The survey tells us that people are unhappy with search, but not why.

Common collocations

  • send out a survey
  • survey results
  • in-app survey
  • survey question
  • quantitative researchResearch that collects numbers from many users, such as survey ratings, click rates or task times, to measure behaviour and spot patterns.
  • user interviewA one-to-one conversation with a user or potential user, usually 30 to 60 minutes long, to learn about their goals, habits, problems and opinions.
  • user researchThe study of people who use or might use a product, through interviews, observation, surveys and tests, to understand their needs, behaviour and problems.
  • insightA useful new understanding about users, drawn from research data, that explains their behaviour and points to a design opportunity.

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