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questionnaire

UK/ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/US/ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,193 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: questionnaires

A questionnaire is the printed list of questions in a survey. Fill in a questionnaire, a short questionnaire, design the questionnaire.

How the questionnaire is worded decides the answers, which is why researchers test one before using it — a leading question produces the reply it suggests. Note the spelling: two n's in the middle, and it keeps the French ending.

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Definitions of questionnaire

  1. 1nounquestionnaireThe printed list of questions in a survey.B2+

    “Please fill in the questionnaire about your stay and leave it at reception.”

questionnaire is a document.

Where it comes from

French questionnaire comes from Latin quaestio, a question, from quaerere, to seek or ask. Query is a relative.

  1. French

    questionnaire

  2. English, today

    questionnaire

Built from

  • quaerō · Latin — to question

Borrowed from French questionnaire. Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“to question”) (English query).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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questionnaire in the wild

  • Questionnaire construction refers to the design of a questionnaire to gather statistically useful information about a given topic.

    Questionnaire construction

  • A research questionnaire is typically a mix of close-ended questions and open-ended questions.

    Questionnaire

  • The research questionnaire was developed by the Statistical Society of London in 1838.

    Questionnaire

  • In psychology, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) is a questionnaire to assess the personality traits of a person.

    Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

  • The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a scale intended to measure daytime sleepiness that is measured by use of a very short questionnaire.

    Epworth Sleepiness Scale

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the quaerō family

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questionnaire — used about once every 4,294 pages · #9,193 · point at the bar for the others