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definition of survey

The word relief has, from the outset, a singular component, since it does not exist in the DRAE, but this does not mean that it is incorrect (instead there is the term relief).

The concept analyzed here has another peculiarity: it is not used among Spanish speakers, but it is used among Latin American speakers.

Differences inherent to the term Survey

Relevamiento (or relay) has two different meanings depending on the linguistic context. First, it indicates a substitution or replacement process. Thus, in a soccer game one player is relieved by another or in a relay race the baton is passed from one runner to another. In both cases there is a survey, that is, there is a dynamic of change. Second, it means expulsion or removal. In this way, when someone leaves a position they are normally relieved by another person. On certain occasions the term relief is used as a euphemism, thus avoiding less kind words (dismissal, dismissal, resignation, dismissal and others).

In both senses mentioned, there is a common idea: change or substitution. In everyday language, the relief or survey is common in various circumstances: in the workplace, political, sports or military (the relief of the guard).

Survey in the statistical sphere

Statistics is a scientific discipline with an auxiliary character, since it serves as a tool for other knowledge. At the same time, it has a uniqueness: it uses a series of fixed mathematical parameters to measure situations that periodically change. Thus, it is already appreciated that in any measurement process there is always a survey of the data.

Let's think about a statistical study on a certain population. For the data that are entered over time to be valid, the concepts or criteria used must be approved. In other words, the survey of the reality of the population is possible as long as the measurement criteria remain stable. In this sense, the statistical survey guarantees coherence in the knowledge of a subject.

The concept of statistical survey also indicates the process of updating the data. For this reason, we speak of the annual survey of something (a census of a municipality, some school places or a demographic study).

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