demoscópica

English translation: survey/ opinion poll

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Spanish term or phrase:demoscópica
English translation:survey/ opinion poll
Entered by: Ann Hannigan Breen

16:37 Jul 9, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Sociology
Spanish term or phrase: demoscópica
Does this word exist? Its frequency on Google is very low and it doesn't appear in the corpora I've looked at. It seems to have to do with dempgraphic surveys.
Quote: ...nos centraremos en la serie demoscópica llevada a cabo por el grupo de investigación en pedagogía y educación ambiental de la Universidad...
Ann Hannigan Breen
Spain
Local time: 11:36
survey/ opinion poll
Explanation:
a series of surveys/opinion polls
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telefpro
Local time: 15:06
Grading comment
Thank you very much; that makes perfect sense.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1survey/ opinion poll
telefpro
2public opinion (focused/cent(e)red) research
Taña Dalglish
2demoscopic
neilmac


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
survey/ opinion poll


Explanation:
a series of surveys/opinion polls

telefpro
Local time: 15:06
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you very much; that makes perfect sense.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/demoscópico
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
public opinion (focused/cent(e)red) research


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/demoscopia
demoscopia
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Inflexiones de 'demoscopia' (n): fpl: demoscopias

Diccionario de la lengua española © 2005 Espasa-Calpe:
demoscopia

Estudio mediante encuestas de las opiniones, gustos y comportamiento de un grupo humano:
la cadena encargó una demoscopia sobre los programas más oídos.

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=demo...
demoscopia
SF public opinion research

http://dirae.es/palabras/demoscópico
demoscópico
demoscópico, ca. 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la demoscopia. Esto es un extracto. Ver definición completa en el Diccionario de la RAE.

demoscopia
demoscopia. (Del al. Demoskopie). 1. f. Estudio de las opiniones, aficiones y comportamiento humanos mediante sondeos de opinión. Esto es un extracto. Ver definición completa en el Diccionario de la RAE.

demoscópico, ca.
1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la demoscopia.
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Nonresponse Bias and Superpopulation Models in Electoral Polls ...
www.reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_137_07_english1326201097876.p...
by M José - ‎2012 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles
ratio utilizados actualmente por la industria demoscópica no muestran una capacidad suficiente ... efforts of researchers were promptly focused on trying to understand the ..... many public opinion research institutes (in- cluding CIS) typically ...


So, public opinion (focused/cent(e)red) research / series > demoscópico(a) [centred, British English].

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 04:36
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Native speaker of: English
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
demoscopic


Explanation:
Whether it actually exists or not, it looks real and Latin-based enough to sneak in the back door IMHO.

"We focus on a series of demoscopic surveys carried out by...."

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Note added at 17 hrs (2016-07-10 10:07:39 GMT)
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Please feel free to ignore my suggestion entirely as apparently I "do not meet criteria"...

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Note added at 17 hrs (2016-07-10 10:09:04 GMT)
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Thiese people oevidently belive it does exist:
[Report of experiences of a demoscopic survey of a 5-day ... - NCBI www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3394330 by K Rametsteiner - ‎1988 - ‎Cited by 1 - ‎Related articles
Wien Med Wochenschr. 1988 Apr 15;138(6-7):142-6. [Report of experiences of a demoscopic survey of a 5-day therapy group for the cessation of smoking].

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In fact, if you google ""demoscopic survey" you¡ll find several published examples, mostly admittedly by foreign authors, but there you go.

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 11:36
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51
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