Questionnaire


[kwes-chuh-nair] /ˌkwɛs tʃəˈnɛər/

noun
1.
a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information:
a questionnaire used in market research.
/ˌkwɛstʃəˈnɛə; ˌkɛs-/
noun
1.
a set of questions on a form, submitted to a number of people in order to collect statistical information
n.

1901, from French questionnaire “list of formal questions,” from questionner “to question,” (see question (v.)). Purists preferred native formation questionary (1540s); cf. -ary.

questionnaire ques·tion·naire (kwěs’chə-nâr’)
n.
A printed form containing a set of questions, especially one addressed to a statistically significant number of subjects as a way of gathering information for a survey.

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