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resurvey

resurvey

6.8
A new study done to check or update earlier results
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈsɜːrveɪ/
translation icon : reexamen
  • However, after a cooler-than-normal summer of record precipitation and flooding, only 66 percent of the respondents in the late November 1993 resurvey expressed confidence that they could continue another year with weather conditions like those experienced in 1993.

Examples

  • In the 10% resurvey, 83 randomly selected houses were visited.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Such cases are particularly troublesome because resurveys for retrospective official records bear dates that some researchers have mistaken for those of their original establishment.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In the 10% cross-checking resurvey, the majority of the records were found to be correct.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The 1985 resurvey of TMI area residents was expanded to include an assessment of coping style.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The resurveyed households probably would have remembered if they had pumped their tanks over the period between surveys, which immediately preceded the resurvey question.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Residents of Middletown, Pennsylvania (N = 108) were interviewed in a resurvey of respondents following the reopening of TMI Unit I in October 1985.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Delayed townsite surveys and resurveys (events 6 and 7) could occur belatedly when early county government was barely functioning, or when the proprietor procrastinated, or both.

    Academic text (2006)
  • However, resurveys of these sites, starting in the 1990s, have documented only old evidence of pikas, suggesting extirpation (Beever et al. 2011 App. V, Millar et al. 2014).

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the latest resurvey, we found that many participants had changed their opinions since the last study.

  • The resurvey aimed to verify the accuracy of the previous results obtained from the community.

Synonyms

reassessment
vsresurvey
9 4.1

A new check to see if something is still right after time or change

focuses on repeating an examination primarily to update or confirm earlier findings
reevaluation
vsresurvey
4 4.8

The act of looking again at something to decide how important it is

is more about repeating a survey to update or verify prior measurements
retest
vsresurvey
4 2.9

A second test taken after the first to check or improve results

is a repeat review whose main goal is updating or verifying prior findings
reappraisal
vsresurvey
2 6.2

Looking at something again to judge its importance or quality

is a repeat review mainly used to update or confirm earlier evaluations
reexamination
vsresurvey
1 3.9

A second check of something to find mistakes or missing details

is a repeat review mainly to update or verify past survey results
reinspection
vsresurvey
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A second check of a place or thing to make sure it meets standards

is a repeat review used mainly to update or confirm earlier findings
reinvestigation
vsresurvey
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A new look at something to find new facts or evidence

is usually a routine repeat review focused on updating or verifying earlier data
reverification
vsresurvey
7.2

A repeated check to make sure it is correct

is a repeat review focused on updating or verifying previous survey data
remeasurement
vsresurvey
5.9

Checking something again to confirm earlier size or amount

is a broader repeat review aimed at updating or verifying earlier measurements
rescan
vsresurvey
3.9

A second check of a file or barcode with a machine to get clearer results

is a general repeat review intended to update or confirm previous outcomes
restudy
vsresurvey
4.8

An extra look at information to check earlier results

is mainly used to repeat a survey to update or confirm past results
redetermination
vsresurvey
7.1

A decision made again after someone reviews it

is a repeat review aimed at updating or confirming earlier determinations
reviewal
vsresurvey
6.1

Looking at something again to check it

is more specific, used to update or verify previous survey results

How Thorough

inspection
  • Formal
356 2.5
reassessment
9 4.1
resurvey
6.8
to survey
83 3.2
check
720 1.0

Surface Forms

resurvey singular
resurveys plural

Morphology

resurvey = survey (transparent) = re + survey

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of a survey, so learners who know 'survey' and the prefix 're-' can infer it easily.

Etymology

The word resurvey comes from re- 'again' and survey 'to look over', as in 'view'. So a resurvey is a new survey done to check or update earlier results.