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Surveys and Questionnaires MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.
Entry Term(s)
Baseline Survey
Community Survey
Community Surveys
Methodology, Survey
Nonrespondent
Nonrespondents
Questionnaire
Questionnaire Design
Questionnaires
Randomized Response Technique
Repeated Rounds of Survey
Respondent
Respondents
Survey
Survey Method
Survey Methodology
Survey Methods
Surveys
Public MeSH Note
2016; for QUESTIONNAIRES see QUESTIONNAIRE 1968-2015 and QUESTIONNAIRE 1967-1972, for BASELINE SURVEY see DATA COLLECTION 1996-2015, for COMMUNITY SURVEYS see DATA COLLECTION 1980-2015, for NONRESPONDANTS see DATA COLLECTION 1992-2015, for RESPONDANTS see DATA COLLECTION 1995-2015, for SURVEY METHODS see DATA COLLECTION 1980-2015
History Note
2016(1973); was QUESTIONNAIRE 1967-1972; for BASELINE SURVEY use DATA COLLECTION 1996-2015, for COMMUNITY SURVEYS use use DATA COLLECTION 1980-2015, for NONRESPONDANTS use DATA COLLECTION 1992-2015, for RESPONDANTS use DATA COLLECTION 1995-2015, for SURVEY METHODS use DATA COLLECTION 1980-2015
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 instrument.