respondentów

Respondentów is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun respondent, used to refer to a group of people who provide data in research. In Polish, a respondent is a person who answers questions in surveys, interviews, or questionnaires. The nominative plural is respondenci, while respondentów appears in phrases such as liczba respondentów (the number of respondents) or cechy respondentów (characteristics of respondents).

In research methodology, respondents are selected from a target population through sampling methods (random, stratified, quota) and their responses are used to estimate population characteristics. The quality of findings depends on factors like response rate and nonresponse bias; researchers may apply weighting or imputation to address biases. Data collection methods include structured questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, online surveys, and telephone interviews.

Ethical considerations are central to working with respondents. Informed consent, confidentiality, and data protection (including GDPR compliance) are standard requirements. Researchers should minimize potential risks to respondents and ensure that data are stored and reported in a way that preserves anonymity when possible. Linguistically, the term is predominantly used in research and public opinion contexts; in everyday Polish, other terms may be used, and in legal texts the exact designation of parties may differ. Common collocations include liczba respondentów, charakterystyka respondentów, and wiek respondentów.