And astronomers are just as likely to point a software query-tool at a digital sky survey as to point a telescope at the stars.
What many of the survey questions really point to is a desire for transparency.
The survey makes an interesting point about trust and big and small businesses.
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"The point of this survey is that it's qualitative not quantitative, " said Efan Glyn.
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In terms of money and retirement, which was the point of the survey, this is doubly true.
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The point of the survey was to give some guidance to employers who care about retaining valued workers.
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The Gallup survey shows a 21 percentage point gap between the fraction of unemployed people that would prefer to be self-employed and the slice that thinks becoming self-employed in the next five years is feasible.
Confidence among non-manufacturers was unchanged in the final quarter of 2004, but it is forecast to drop one point in the March survey.
To illustrate this point, a recent survey by the vendor-neutral Open Group finds that many executives are losing their confidence in predicting ROI from cloud engagements.
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That is a 10-point drop from a similar survey conducted immediately after the 2008 elections.
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Boys are included in this year's survey for the first time as a point of comparison over gender issues.
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Overall satisfaction with the airlines improved to 695 on the 1, 000 point scale, a 14-point increase over the 2012 survey.
In terms of the survey results, it is important to point out that the results are from a audience poll at a meeting where attendance included about 55 physicians.
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"If the trends indicated by this survey continue to weaken, a quarter-point cut would be the right medicine sooner rather than later, " he said.
Alexander has a 17-point advantage over Bryant in this survey.
While the fervor for stronger legislation was high in the immediate aftermath of the shootings, a CBS News survey released this week indicates a 10-point decrease in support of stricter gun laws, from 57% immediately after the Newtown shootings to 47% now.
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The Sun says voters liken him to a snake, although Downing Street aides point out the other options in the survey included a poodle and a lizard.
The numbers out of Ohio are also showing a bounce for Romney and depending on the survey, even more than the 3-4 point swing I predicated from the debates.
Rather, they point to a 1998 International Data Corp. survey of emerging markets, which predicted that Web-based training is poised to explode.
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The survey sample is anything but representative, but you get the point.
Granted these survey results come from a food service provider (Seamless), these findings do point out that it does not take much to incent and motivate employees.
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In my home state of Florida, a recent survey showed that almost 40% of Floridians had gone without health insurance at some point within the past 5 years.
The 17.6 percentage point drop in bullish sentiment was the 26th largest in the history of the survey.
The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.9%.
Clinton has a 43-percentage-point advantage over Obama, 66 percent to 23 percent, according to a survey from the American Research Group released Friday.
Obama has only a seven-point lead over a generic Republican among young voters, according to an April survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University.
The best starting point is " Lonely Planet's top 10 Hawaiian vistas", a survey of the best spots across Maui , O'ahu and the Big Island where you will take the obligatory perfect photo and explore from there.
But at this point, online marketing influences only 6 8 percent of restaurant choices, the survey found.
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At the risk of over-interpreting the figures, it is still fair to point out that the overall engagement index - the one highlighted at the top of the survey - has fallen sharply since 2010.
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