Surveys regional scriptoria in the early Middle Ages.

Surveys can be a practical way to decide whether or not to carry out an excavation ( as a way of recording the basic details of a possible site ), but may also be ends in themselves, as they produce important information about past human activities in a regional context.

Surveys of the SW Indian Ocean have shown phytoplankton group variation based on their location relative to the Polar Front, with diatoms dominating South of the front, and dinoflagellates and flagellates in higher populations North of the front < sup >.</ sup >

Surveys show that the majority of black Americans have no preference for " African American " or " Black ," although they have a slight preference for " black " in personal settings and " African-American " in more formal settings.

Between the national censuses, 1 % National Population Sample Surveys were taken in 1987, 1995, and 2005 ; 0. 1 % National Population Sample Surveys have been taken annually since 2000.

Surveys of labor economists have found a sharp split on the minimum wage.

Surveys have shown that people with Jewish backgrounds are twice as likely to become Neopagans, in comparison to Gentiles ( non-Jews ).

Surveys that are not based on probability sampling have no way of measuring their bias or sampling error.

* Dark flow: Surveys of galaxy motions have detected a mystery dark flow towards an unseen mass.

Surveys of the galaxy have found roughly 60 globular clusters, 400 planetary nebulae, and 700 open clusters, along with hundreds of thousands of giant and supergiant stars.

In the United States, the Breeding Bird Surveys, conducted by the US Geological Survey have also produced atlases with information on breeding densities and changes in the density and distribution over time.

Surveys and specimens of brown rat populations throughout the world have shown this species is often associated with outbreaks of trichinosis, but the extent to which the brown rat is responsible in transmitting Trichinella larvae to humans and other synanthropic animals is at least somewhat debatable.

In states that have been organized per the Public Land Survey System ( PLSS ), surveyors carry out BLM Cadastral Surveys in accordance with that system.

Surveys have defined a 12. 8 km² immediate pot catchment area covering the slopes of Cuilcagh.

Surveys have identified nineteen species of dragonfly and 27 species of butterfly at the Fen, which has also long been recognised for its nationally important population of the fen raft spider Dolomedes plantarius.

Technicians use these surveys to help determine whether a trend will continue or if a reversal could develop ; they are most likely to anticipate a change when the surveys report extreme investor sentiment Surveys that show overwhelming bullishness, for example, are evidence that an uptrend may reverse ; the premise being that if most investors are bullish they have already bought the market ( anticipating higher prices ).

Surveys have found that at least 25 countries around the world have no specified age for compulsory education.

Surveys suggest that in the United States, health problems have decreased in importance as a contributor to nervous breakdowns, as these accounted for 28 % of nervous breakdowns in 1957, 12 % in 1976, and only 5. 6 % in 1996.

Surveys carried out in 2006 have exposed part of the slipway, concrete aprons to both hangars with door tracks and several other slabs presumed to be workshops.

Surveys have been undertaken since 2007 by a local surveyor / cartographer using sidescan sonar.

" In general, measurement of time causes “ some of the most demanding aspects of unpaid work be unexplored and the premise that time is an appropriate tool for measuring women's unpaid work goes unchallenged .” Surveys have also been criticized for lacking " depth and complexity " as questions cannot be specifically tailored to particular circumstances.

Surveys indicate that 10 % of children under 5 have experienced a situation with a high risk of drowning.

Surveys of customers at banks and credit unions have consistently shown a significantly higher customer satisfaction rate with the quality of service at credit unions.

Surveys ( stated preference techniques ) or market behavior ( revealed preference techniques ) are often used to estimate the compensation associated with a policy, however survey respondents often have strong incentives to misreport their true preferences and market behavior does not provide any information about important non-market welfare impacts.

Surveys and research have shown that male students who either cohabit or live in a communal group are more likely to become involved in open relationships rather than females, and are still more interested in the concept than females even if not participating in open relationships.

In Britain sequential Adult Dental Health Surveys have shown that, in 1968, 79 % of those aged 65 – 74 had no natural teeth ;, by 1998, this proportion had fallen to 36 %.

Surveys of the park have shown a diverse mammalian and avian fauna.

Surveys at the school have shown that CHS boys support this rule.

Surveys have shown that bycatch remains a concern in that area today and it is unknown whether or not the population is declining.

Surveys and analyses of trends and issues in manufacturing and investment around the world focus on such things as:

* Geological Surveys around the world owe a debt to his work.

Surveys from 1998 put the estimated population around 300, 000 – 500, 000 individuals, though a substantial, ongoing decline is almost certain.

In 1998 and 2002 USA / Canada Health Surveys, the leading causes of death were old age ( 40 %) and cancer ( 22 %).

Of the 79, 735 inhabitants, 40, 389 were males and 39, 346 females, according to estimates by the Directorate General of Statistics, Census and Surveys.

Results in the first four National Student Surveys have placed Worcester in the top 40 universities for student satisfaction in 2008, the most satisfied being in English, History and Teacher Training.

Surveys indicate that kissing is the second most common form of physical intimacy among United States adolescents, after holding hands, with about 85 % of 15-to 16-year-old adolescents in the US experiencing it.

Surveys showed that 54 % of lakes in Asia are eutrophic ; in Europe, 53 %; in North America, 48 %; in South America, 41 %; and in Africa, 28 %.

Surveys in China from the 1990s found that between 23 %-40 % of practitioners held university degrees at the college or graduate level — several times higher than the general population.

Surveys indicate that 90 % of open clusters dissolve less than 1 billion years after formation, while only a tiny fraction survive for the present age of the Solar System ( about 4. 6 billion years ).

Surveys show 54 % of Midwesterners regularly attend church.

Surveys of " convenience samples " suggest that 3 – 5 % of high school or college age males masturbate on a daily basis.

# Mission and Vision Statements and Customer ( Client ) Surveys are the most used ( by 77 % of organizations of 20 improvement tools, followed by SWOT analysis ( 72 %), and Informal Benchmarking ( 68 %).

In the United States, according to the 2002 National Surveys of Family Growth, sexually active adolescent women wishing to avoid pregnancy were less likely than those of other ages to use contraceptives ( 18 % of 15-to 19-year-olds used no contraceptives, versus 10. 7 % average for women ages 15 to 44 ).

Surveys of the site reveal 630 species of vascular plants, 76 % of which are native.

Surveys found that in the United States, 10 – 15 % of pregnant women report having recently drunk alcohol, and up to 30 % drink alcohol at some point during pregnancy .< ref name =" pmid12576263 ">

Surveys conducted in past years for IBGE demonstrated that the Internal Gross Product ( in Portuguese, Produto Interno Bruto-PIB ) per capita of the city in 2007 is R $ 37. 667, 00 per year, 200 % greater than the national average-and the average salary is 8. 2 times the minimum salary, making Macaé the city with the highest wages in the Rio de Janeiro State.

** Surveys on desire and satisfaction — 3. 5 %

Surveys carried out at the same 64 observation sites in May 1990 and May 1991 detected 29 % fewer adults and 42 % fewer child cyclists, with an overall reduction in cyclists of 36 %.