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Survey, in statistics, a method of collecting data in which people are asked to answer a number of questions (usually in the form of a questionnaire). An opinion poll is an example of a survey. The reliability of a survey’s results depends on whether the sample of people from which the information has been collected is free from bias and sufficiently large.

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