| Chinese | English |
| 人口调查 | census survey An official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc. (官方对人口的定期计数，包括的信息有性别、年龄、职业等。) |
| 公众调查 | public inquiry An investigation, especially a formal one conducted into a matter of public utility by a body constituted for that purpose by a government, local authority, or other organization |
| 公共利益调查 | public benefit inquiry An investigation, especially a formal one conducted into a matter of public utility by a body constituted for that purpose by a government, local authority, or other organization (通过政府、地方当局，或其它组织进行的公共事业问卷调查。) |
| 美国化学品安全与危害调查局 | Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board |
| 市场调查 | market research The systematic gathering, recording, computing, and analysing of data about problems relating to the sale and distribution of goods and services for certain time periods (关于商品的销售和分配及特定时段的服务的问题的系统的收集、记录、计算和数据分析 。) |
| 民意调查 | opinion survey The canvassing of a representative sample of a large group of people on some question in order to determine the general opinion of a group (对一些问题调查一大群人的代表性样本，以确定一个团体的普遍看法。) |
| 火灾调查 | fire cause determination |
| 火灾调查 | fire investigation |
| 火灾资料现场调查 | fire information field investigation |
| 环境调查 | environmental research The study of the environment and its modifications caused by human activities (关于环境和由于人类活动发生的环境变化研究。) |
| 环境影响调查 | environmental impact study Survey conducted to ascertain the conditions of a site prior to the realization of a project, to analyze its possible impacts and compensative measures (计划专案展开前对确定的场所状况所进行的调查，用以分析计划可能带来的冲击和可采取的补救措施。) |
| 社会调查 | social survey Data collections that employ both interviewing and sampling to produce quantitative data-sets, amenable to computer-based analysis (同时采用访谈和抽样而产生的定量数据集的数据集合，适于计算机基础分析。) |
| 社会调查 | sociological survey Research on social questions or problems, especially focusing on cultural and environmental factors (研究社会问题，特别是以文化和环境因素为重点。) |
| 资源调查 | resources surveys |
