Survey

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027421",
  "term": "Survey",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The collection of information from a common group through interviews or the application of questionnaires to a representative sample of that group.\n\n2. Oil-industry term used for the performance or result of a well-logging operation.\n\n3. A method of data collection that involves asking a fixed set of questions from selected individuals. Key issues involve questionnaire development, (ideally random) sample selection, and nonresponse management.\n\n4. A systematic collection of information or data. A survey can be conducted to collect information from a group of people or from the environment. Surveys of a group of people can be conducted by telephone, by mail, or in person. Some surveys are done by interviewing a group of people [see prevalence survey].\n\n5. A data collection activity involving observation or questionnaires for a sample of a population. (A census is a 100-percent sample survey; it collects information about every member of a population.) Surveys are normally less expensive to conduct than censuses; hence, they may be taken more frequently and can provide an information update between censuses. Often, they are used to collect a wider variety of information than is collected in a census.\n\n6. Surveys involve a (statistically) large number of interviews with respondents, using pre-designed questionnaires. [ESOMAR 2001]\n\n7. A method of data collection that involves asking a fixed set of questions from selected individuals. Key issues involve questionnaire development, (ideally random) sample selection, and nonresponse management. [NIST/SEMATECH 2005b]\n\n8. Systematic canvassing of persons to collect information, often from a representative sample of the population.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Environmental Geophysics Glossary",
    "NIST/SEMATECH 2005b",
    "CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Glossary",
    "U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "CDC Glossary: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice at https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/SS1978.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/survey/"
}