Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Pre-test (PRE-TEST)

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Section	English 202	Arabic 202	Czech 202	German 202	Spanish 202	French 202	Italian 202	Japanese 202	Portuguese 202	Russian 202	Chinese 202
202-1	population census	تعداد السكان	sčítání lidu	Volkszählung	censos de población —empadronamientos de la población —recuentos de la población	recensement de la population —dénombrement de la population	I censimenti della popolazione	人口センサス	Censos Demográficos	Перепись населения	人口普查
202-2	general census	تعداد عام	celkové sčítání	allgemeine Volkszählung	censo general	recensement général	censimento generale	全国センサス	recenseamento geral	Всеобщая перепись	全面普查
202-3	partial census	تعداد جزئي	dílčí sčítání	Teilvolkszählung	censo parcial	recensement partiel	censimento parziale —censimento speciale	部分センサス	recenseamento parcial	Специальная перепись —Частичная перепись	部分普查
202-4	complete coverage	شامل	sčítání, vyčerpávající	Vollerhebung —Totalerhebung	exhaustivas	exhaustif	esaustive	完全包括的調査	cobertura completa	Сплошной учет	完全覆盖
202-5	micro census	تعداد الصغري	mikrocensus	Mikrozensus —repräsentative Haushaltserhebung	micro censos	micro-recensement	indagini campionarie	マイクロ・センサス	micro censo	Микроперепись	小普查
202-6	sample survey	مسح بالعينة	průzkum výběrový	Stichprobenerhebung	encuestas por muestreo —encuestas por sondeo	enquête par sondage —enquête sur échantillon	indagini per sondaggio	標本抽出調査	pesquisas amostrais	Выборочное обследование	抽样调查
202-7	pre-test —pilot survey	تعداد استطلاعي—مسح رائد	zkušební sčítání	Probeerhebung —Pretest	censos de prueba —censos experimentales —encuestas piloto	recensement d’essai —recensement préliminaire —enquête pilote	censimenti pilota —indagini pilota	事前調査 —試験調査	pré-testes —pesquisas piloto	Пробное обследование —Пилотное обследование	预查 —试点调查
202-8		تدقيق التعداد			verificación post-censal	vérification post-censitaire	verifica post-censuaria
202-9	post-enumeration survey	مسح تعدادي لاحق	ověřovací průzkum sčítání	postzensale Kontrollerhebung	encuesta de verificación censal —encuesta de post-empadronamiento	enquête de vérification du recensement	indagine di verifica del censimento	事後調査	levantamento pós-enumerado —pesquisa de avaliação	Послепереписное обследование	事后质量抽查

Population censuses ¹ are taken to obtain information about the state of the population (201-8) at a given time. Most commonly all inhabitants of a particular country are counted simultaneously:. the census is then called a general census ² Occasionally, however, only a section of the population is counted, e.g. the inhabitants of a given area, in which case the census is called a partial census ³. The term "Census", however, denotes that an attempt was made to enumerate every member of the population concerned and to achieve complete coverage ⁴ of the population. A micro census ⁵ is limited to a sample of the population, usually large in size, and belongs in the category of sample surveys ⁶. Censuses or surveys are sometimes preceded by pretests ⁷ or pilot surveys ⁷. To verify the accuracy and completeness of enumeration (230-2), a post-enumeration check ^8★ is performed using a post-enumeration survey ⁹.

1. Census, n. - censal, adj. The intercensal period is the time elapsing between two successive censuses.
Modern censuses correspond to what used to be called head counts. Population counts include any estimation procedure, however imprecise, based for example on the counting of baptisms (214-2) registered for a number of years, or of hearths (110-3) or even parishes (214-1).