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noun
- 1. an assessment of public opinion by questioning a representative sample, especially as the basis for forecasting the results of voting.
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- Opinion poll
Type of survey
An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll, is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals. A person who conducts polls is referred to as a pollster. Wikipedia
