Surveys

Surveys help us to determine

• Facts

• Opinions

• Answers

• Figures

A specific type of interview that can be given through a variety of sources

• Questions

• Items

• Survey

• Instrument

The entire group of people that represent the kind of people the researcher would like to study.

• Population

• Survey Sample

• Survey Item

• Survey Outcome

The smaller group of the population that is selected to take the survey

• Population

• Sample

• Instrument

• Outcome

A questionnaire or interview that has been developed to collect data from the group of people

• Survey Outcome

• Survey Items

• Survey Instrument

• Survey Sample

The individual questions, phrases, or statements that are asked on the survey

• Survey Outcome

• Survey Result

• Survey Instrument

• Survey Item

The way that participants can respond and how those responses are recorded:

• Survey Scale

• Survey Items

• Survey Instrument

• Survey Outcome

The number of people who complete the entire survey

• Completion Rate

• Response Rate

• Finish Rate

• Outcome

The compiled results of the completed survey, usually in the form of a chart or graph.

• Outcome

• Response Rate

• Instrument

• Scale

Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither, Agree, Strongly Agree is an example of

• Response Rate

• Instrument

• Items

• Scale