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Sondage d’opinion

Définition
Sondage par échantillonnage qui vise à vérifier ou à comprendre les opinions de membres d’une population donnée concernant certains thèmes.
Source de la définition
Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE). Glossaire des termes statistiques de l’OCDE, 2008

Opinion survey

Definition
Sample survey, which aims to ascertain or elucidate opinions possessed by the members of a given human population with regard to certain topics.
Source Definition
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms, 2008.

Sondeo de opinión

Definición
Encuesta por muestreo que busca determinar lo que piensa un número de individuos de un determinado grupo de la población sobre un determinado tema.
Fuente(s) de la definición
OECD, Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico, Glossary of Statistical Terms, 2008.