and technological environments associated with countries and survey populations in countries. This chapter is about solving these common problems that we described as the cornerstones of surveying. When understood and responded to, the cornerstone challenges will assure precision in the pursuit of one’s survey objectives. 1.2 What is a survey? A quick review of the literature will reveal many different definitions of what constitutes a survey. Some handbooks on survey methodology immediately describe the major components of surveys and of survey error instead of giving a definition (e.g., Fowler, Gallagher, Stringfellow, Zalavsky Thompson & Cleary, 2002, p. 4; Groves, 1989, p. 1), others provide definitions, ranging from concise definitions (e.g., Czaja & Blair, 2005, p. 3; Groves, Fowler, Couper, Lepkowski, Singer & Tourangeau, 2004, p. 2; Statistics Canada, 2003, p. 1) to elaborate descriptions of criteria (Biemer & Lyberg, 2003, Table 1.1)
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