Kyselyin

Kyselyin is a Finnish linguistic term referring to the instrumental plural form of the noun kysely, which means survey or questionnaire. In Finnish, the instrumental form indicates the means or method used to perform an action, and the plural form kyselyin is used when multiple surveys are involved. It is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept, and it is most often encountered in academic or methodological writing.

Etymology and form: The word is derived from kysely plus the instrumental plural suffix -in. The corresponding singular instrumental is kyselyllä (with a survey). Kyselyin functions as a descriptive tool in sentences to indicate that data collection was conducted by means of surveys, often alongside other methods such as interviews or observations.

Usage: Kyselyin is commonly used in research reports, methodological descriptions, and scientific articles. Examples include: "Tutkimus keräsi tietoja kyselyin." (The study collected data by surveys.) "Kyselyin kerätyn aineiston analyysi osoitti yhteyden." (Analysis of the data collected by surveys showed the correlation.) In practice, writers may pair kyselyin with other method terms, e.g., "haastatteluin ja kyselyin" to indicate a mixed-methods approach.

Related terms: Kysely (survey), kyselytutkimus (survey research), haastattelu (interview). The construction is part of Finnish method-description vocabulary and is typically found in formal or scholarly Finnish.

See also: kysely, kyselytutkimus, haastattelu, tutkimusmenetelmät.