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Asking strangers questions to discover what they think you want to hear.
means Structured sets of questions used to gather opinions, data, or feedback from a sample of people.
from From Old French surveeir, to look over from above, blending Latin super (over) and videre (to see) — originally a literal overseeing of land.
Sample sizeA few thousand can speak for millions, mathematically.
Question orderEarlier questions secretly bias later answers.
SatisficingTired respondents pick the easiest answer, not the truest.
Land rootsSurveyors measured fields long before measuring feelings.