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social survey  

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  • Definition A method of social research with three defining characteristics – its type of content, its form of the data and the method of analysis employed (Marsh, 1982). Its content is social, the form of data is systematic, structured and based around variables and the method of analysis relies on comparisons across groups. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods; Social Survey]

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