What is Statistical survey?
'''Statistical surveys''' are [[wikt:collection|collections]] of [[information]] about items in a [[population]]. Surveys can be grouped into numerical and categorical types. A numerical survey is to get numbers as replies. For example: <blockquote> How many minutes, on average, do you spend eating breakfast? </blockquote> This survey question is used to generate numbers in minutes. An example of a categorical question is: <blockquote> What is your favorite color? </blockquote> The categories for this would be yellow, green, purple, etc... which are not numbers. Surveys of human populations and [[institution]]s are common in political [[poll|polling]] and [[government]], [[health]], [[social sciences|social science]] and [[marketing]] [[research]]. A survey may concentrate on [[opinion]]s or [[fact]]ual information depending on its purpose. == Other websites == *[http://www.aapor.org American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)] *[http://www.pollograph.com/kb/docs/designing-a-survey/ How to design a web-based statistical survey online.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207080220/http://www.pollograph.com/kb/docs/designing-a-survey/ |date=2010-12-07 }} *[http://www.ajeebo.com/Survey_Software Ajeebo: Web based survey software tools directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120114838/http://www.ajeebo.com/Survey_Software |date=2008-11-20 }} *[http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/surveys.htm Conducting Web-Based Surveys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127210624/http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/surveys.htm |date=2007-01-27 }} *[http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods Free resources for methods in social research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128104321/http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/ |date=2007-01-28 }} has links to resources for surveys and sampling. *[http://www.demographix.com/resources/online_survey_best_practice.asp Online Survey Best Practice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129132026/http://www.demogr