Survey Method:

Terms Related to Survey Method

• Observation

  The act of regarding attentively and studying facts and occurrences, gathering data through analyzing, measuring, and drawing conclusions, with the purpose of applying the observed ...

• Statistical Bias

  Any deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation. Bias can result from several sources: one-sided or systematic variations ...

• Questionnaires

  Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey ...

• Statistical Model

  Statistical formulations or analyses which, when applied to data and found to fit the data, are then used to verify the assumptions and parameters used ...

• Statistical Factor Analysis

  A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed ...

• Nutrition Survey

  A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to the nutritional status of a human population within a given geographic area. Data from these surveys are ...