different between questionnaire vs sampling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaer? (“I question”) (English query).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k(w)est???n??/, /?k(w)estj??n??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw?s.t????n???/

Noun

questionnaire (plural questionnaires)

1. A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey

Related terms

• question

Translations

Verb

questionnaire (third-person singular simple present questionnaires, present participle questionnairing, simple past and past participle questionnaired)

1. to survey using questionnaires

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestiono, from Latin quaestio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s.tj?.n??/

Noun

questionnaire m (plural questionnaires)

1. questionnaire

Related terms

• question

Further reading

• “questionnaire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• questionnerai

English

Verb

sampling

1. present participle of sample

Noun

sampling (plural samplings)

1. The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
2. A sample.
3. (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
4. (signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
5. (music) Electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

Derived terms

• photosampling
• sampling rate
• sampling frequency

Translations

References

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Anagrams

• Lampings, psalming