The phrase "a mere survey" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to downplay the significance or depth of a survey, suggesting that it is simple or not comprehensive.
Example: "The results of the study were based on a mere survey, which may not fully capture the complexities of the issue."
Alternatives: "a simple survey" or "just a survey".
The company encouraged deeper and more frequent testing with customers, going beyond mere surveys to observing how customers behaved at home and at work.
A joint study by National Business Research Institute and Narrative Science revealed that traditional financial institutions are still in the early stages of AI adoption, with a mere 32percentt of surveyed respondents confirming use of recommendation engines, predictive analytics, voice recognition and allied technologies.
Premarital sex and single motherhood are fairly common; in one survey, a mere fourteen per cent of respondents said they believed a single parent can't raise a child properly.
Consider these damning results from a recent McKinsey survey: A mere 34% of directors believe that the boards they serve on fully comprehend their companies' strategies, and just 16% think that their boards have a strong understanding of the dynamics of their firms' industries.
Yet according to the National Investor Relations Institute survey, a mere 8% of companies offer them directly to investors.
The UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco researchers who undertook the study, also found that a mere 2% of those surveyed avoided the soda tax by purchasing drinks in another locale.
Keeping the law intact is preferred by a mere quarter of those surveyed, largely Democrats, reflecting the deep partisan divide within the overall findings that has persisted since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act just two years ago.
A mere 9%% of physicians surveyed felt comfortable treating a patient with the disorder.
A mere 20% of leaders surveyed are studying the mobile customer journey/behavior.
A mere 8percentt of those surveyed said that the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is fair.
