respondents
Those who reply
Respondents are people who respond to something, most often a survey, poll, or legal proceeding.
In research contexts, respondents answer questionnaires or participate in studies: Over 60% of respondents said they supported the proposal.
In law, a respondent is the party against whom a petition or appeal is filed, similar to a defendant.
The singular respondent works the same way for an individual person.
Systematic data collection
- participantsThose actively involved
- subjectsAreas of study
- sampleSubset for study
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
interviews · focus group · panel · cohort · informants · interviewees · polling · feedback
Trial decision makers
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- verdictOfficial court decision
- forepersonJury's elected spokesperson
unanimous · peers · impartial · voir dire · sequestered · jury box · oath · selection
Party facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- appellantOne who appeals
- appelleeParty against whom appeal is brought
- petitionerOne who formally requests
litigant · deponent · witness · affiant · party · answer · reply · counterclaim
Duration of existence
- genderSocial identity category
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- educationSystematic development of mind
household · occupation · marital status · nationality · urbanization · socioeconomic · stratification · segmentation
Facts for analysis
- sample sizeQuantity of observations taken
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- medianCentral sorted value
- variabilityTendency to change
correlation · bias · reliability · validity · outliers · margin of error · confidence interval · nonresponse
survey
Systematic data collection
- participantsThose actively involved
- subjectsAreas of study
- sampleSubset for study
questionnaire · interviews · focus group · panel · cohort · informants · interviewees · polling · feedback · opinions
jurors
Trial decision makers
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- verdictOfficial court decision
foreperson · unanimous · peers · impartial · voir dire · sequestered · jury box · oath · selection · alternates
defendant
Party facing charges
petitioner · litigant · deponent · witness · affiant · party · answer · reply · counterclaim · motion
age
Duration of existence
- genderSocial identity category
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
education · household · occupation · marital status · nationality · urbanization · socioeconomic · stratification · segmentation · weighting
data
Facts for analysis
- sample sizeQuantity of observations taken
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- medianCentral sorted value
variability · correlation · bias · reliability · validity · outliers · margin of error · confidence interval · nonresponse · weighting
- surveyspoll, polls, survey, surveys, questionnaire
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- discussion rolespanelists, speakers, moderators, debaters, contributors
- Research Groupsfocus group, control group, test group, panel, cohort
- research samplessurvey data, control groups, sample size, data points, participants
- test subjectshuman subjects, lab rats, lab mice, guinea pigs, experimental group
respondentsquestioners
People who pose queries
interviewers · surveyors · pollsters · inquirers · askers
respondentspetitioners
Those making formal requests
appellants · plaintiffs · complainants · claimants · applicants
correspondence, correspondent, respondent, correspondents, correspondences