Respondent
noun
The person who replies to something, like a question or an accusation.
The respondent to the survey expressed their views on the environment.
Often appears as...
- survey respondent
- respondent to the letter
noun
The person or company against whom a legal action is taken.
The court sent a summons to the respondent.
Often appears as...
- respondent in a case
- respondent to a lawsuit
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Formal
Technical
noun
Someone participating and answering in a research study or survey.
The respondent answers questionnaires for the scientific study.
Often appears as...
- respondent in a survey
- research respondent
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Technical
noun
The person who replies to something, like a question or an accusation.
The respondent to the survey expressed their views on the environment.
Often appears as...
- survey respondent
- respondent to the letter
noun
The person or company against whom a legal action is taken.
The court sent a summons to the respondent.
Often appears as...
- respondent in a case
- respondent to a lawsuit
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
Someone participating and answering in a research study or survey.
The respondent answers questionnaires for the scientific study.
Often appears as...
- respondent in a survey
- research respondent
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Conversation Participant
Used for someone who engages in a dialogue or an exchange of information.
During the interview, the respondent gave detailed answers.
Pro Tip 2/2Feedback Provider
Refers to someone who gives feedback when asked, like in surveys or questionnaires.
The respondent provided valuable feedback on the new product design.
Pro Tip 1/2Conversation Participant
Used for someone who engages in a dialogue or an exchange of information.
During the interview, the respondent gave detailed answers.
Pro Tip 2/2Feedback Provider
Refers to someone who gives feedback when asked, like in surveys or questionnaires.
The respondent provided valuable feedback on the new product design.
Pro Tip 1/2Conversation Participant
Used for someone who engages in a dialogue or an exchange of information.
During the interview, the respondent gave detailed answers.
Pro Tip 2/2Feedback Provider
Refers to someone who gives feedback when asked, like in surveys or questionnaires.
The respondent provided valuable feedback on the new product design.
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Leana Wen: What your...
doesn't even like going to the doctor and wants to find someone who believes in prevention first, but who is comfortable with alternative treatments. One after another, our respondents told us that that doctor-patient relationship is a deeply intimate one — that to show their doctors their bodies
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Would you sacrifice one...
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Design for All 5 Senses...
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The strange politics of...
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3 ways to spot a bad...
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Dominic Price: What's...
and therefore saving that time, nearly half of respondents said they had less time for personal pursuits. Personal pursuits, the things that actually make you happy. And the number one complaint at this time? Work-life balance. Me personally,
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Is social activism the...
nine countries around the world half of them were emerging markets half of them were mature markets half of the respondents were men have four women and they were evenly divided between those who were full-time students and those
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Can you solve the...
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Jill Tarter: Why the...
with a promise to put science in its rightful position. So, what would change everything? Well, this is the question the Edge foundation asked this year, and four of the respondents said, "SETI." Why?
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Leana Wen: What your...
doesn't even like going to the doctor and wants to find someone who believes in prevention first, but who is comfortable with alternative treatments. One after another, our respondents told us that that doctor-patient relationship is a deeply intimate one — that to show their doctors their bodies
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
It's popular because it forces us to think about how to choose when there are no good choices. Do we pick the action with the best outcome or stick to a moral code that prohibits causing someone's death? In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch,
Video examples
DIY - The Color Game PIPE...
percent of the respondents were asked to judge this what about the second piece a little bit slower in a minor key the majority of respondents actually picked blue what about the third slightly weird rock ballad what came up for you there if it was red then you're
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Design for All 5 Senses...
Now you can see, not even as intense an experience as riding a motorbike comes close. In fact, in the years that I gathered data, only one experience came close to being the perfect one. That is, of course, sex. Great sex. Respondents said that great sex
Video examples
The strange politics of...
Another way to say this, though, is that people who are very liberal are very hard to disgust. In a more recent follow-up study, we were able to look at a much greater sample, a much larger sample. In this case, this is nearly 30,000 U.S. respondents,
Video examples
3 ways to spot a bad...
It turns out that journalists who reported on that statistic ignored a question lower down on the survey that asked respondents how they defined "jihad." And most of them defined it as, "Muslims' personal, peaceful struggle to be more religious."
Video examples
Dominic Price: What's...
and therefore saving that time, nearly half of respondents said they had less time for personal pursuits. Personal pursuits, the things that actually make you happy. And the number one complaint at this time? Work-life balance. Me personally,
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Is social activism the...
nine countries around the world half of them were emerging markets half of them were mature markets half of the respondents were men have four women and they were evenly divided between those who were full-time students and those
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Can you solve the...
Subtracting that proportion of the total respondents from each candidate’s score should give you something close to the real distribution. This time, 105 respondents announced themselves in favor of the troll
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Jill Tarter: Why the...
with a promise to put science in its rightful position. So, what would change everything? Well, this is the question the Edge foundation asked this year, and four of the respondents said, "SETI." Why?
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Marshall Goldsmith
American Coach
In one of the largest studies ever done on the effects of executive coaching - over 70,000 respondents - we learned that the biggest mistake coaches make is in not following up. It didn't matter who the coach was or what method they used. Failing to follow up made any approach to coaching ineffective.
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.
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Marshall Goldsmith
American Coach
In one of the largest studies ever done on the effects of executive coaching - over 70,000 respondents - we learned that the biggest mistake coaches make is in not following up. It didn't matter who the coach was or what method they used. Failing to follow up made any approach to coaching ineffective.
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.
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