1.   The other is collection of information from consumers, using sample surveys.

2.   So surveys could be used to predict behaviour, for example, how the electorate would vote or whether people would buy a new product.

3.   Alternatively, a survey may be used to gather data in circumstances where little or no control over the value of variables of interest is possible.

4.   Before jury selection, Dimitrius used four surveys of Los Angeles County residents to gauge community attitudes toward Simpson and the prosecution, as well as potential defense arguments.

5.   Clinton said the federal survey could be used to target companies for such fines if a tobacco bill was enacted later this year.

6.   Customer surveys also help Sean John stay on top of teen preferences, Tweedy said, adding that the company uses surveys to help establish prices.

7.   Even hospitals with average mortality rates have used the survey to improve their results.

8.   For the article, the authors used two surveys conducted last year.

9.   Interviewers asked about smoking habits and used special surveys designed to identify psychiatric problems, including anxiety disorders.

10.   Larson suggests that the updated survey could be used for very different ends, to calm public fears that scientists are godless at heart.