Surveying is the apportionment of land by measuring and mapping. It is employed to determine boundaries and property lines, and to plan construction projects. Any civilization that had any degree of sophistication in construction methods required...

Surveying is the apportionment of land by measuring and mapping. It is employed to determine boundaries and property lines, and to plan construction projects. Surveying instruments are designed to precise (repeatable) and accurate apportionment...

Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually, but not exclusively, associated with positions on the...

Many libraries conduct surveys of their customers these days. It is often pretty much required if you are going through a long-range planning process. And, it's often pretty expensive. I once asked a survey consultant how big a sample of the population should be....

The editor has passed along a copy of "What Women Think About Women: An Attitude Survey by Woman's Day." More than 50,000 Woman's Day readers responded to a questionnaire in the magazine. "Your responses," its editors muse in the current issue, "say a lot...

Public Opinion: You can be sure that when the media release a poll tied to a major news event, it's often biased. The testimony of Gen. David Petraeus on the eve of the sixth anniversary of 9/11 was just such an event.Two major polls released...

Q: I am a part-time human resource consultant at a smaller manufacturing company, with about 75 employees. New management has recently been brought on and they want to conduct a first-time employee survey because they are interested in knowing how satisfied our employees are. Do...