The phrase "a modest survey" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a survey that is not extensive or ambitious in scope, often implying a more limited or simple approach to gathering information.
Example: "The researchers conducted a modest survey to gauge public opinion on the new policy changes."
Alternatives: "a simple survey" or "a limited survey".
But that long shot has held steady for two decades, And the gallery, now in Chelsea, is celebrating with a modest survey of some the wonderful artists it has brought us during those years.
Indeed, evaluating the impacts of extreme mobility on dance requires something more (ahem) flexible than a modest survey of joints.
The main limitations to this study are that the questionnaire was administered exclusively at the one pediatric tertiary care center, and that there was a modest survey response rate.
FIVEMYLES Fantasy has a different, far subtler flavor in a modest career survey of work by the artist Hanne Tierney.
So it's worth taking note that two modest surveys of such art are on view, one at an alternative space in Manhattan called White Columns, the other at the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton on Long Island.
While we achieved only a modest 30% physician survey return rate, a more representative 43% of physicians returned at least one survey.
As to the future, "Rebuilding Newark" offers a modest but heartening survey of community development organizations that have materialized over the past 40 years.
Polls have shown a close citywide race between the candidates, with Mr. Hahn holding a modest edge in some surveys.
Following exposure to The Guide, students showed significant but numerically small improvements in attitude between pretest surveys with a modest effect size (M = 34.09, SD = 5.48) and post-test surveys (M = 35.34, SD = 5.82), t 347) = 4.78, p < 0.001, d = 0.25.
In economic news, home prices showed a modest rise in 10 of 20 cities surveyed in the Standard & Poor 's/Case-Shiller 's/Case-Shiller index
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla .— During the baseball season, R. A. Dickey's job with the Mets requires ascending a hill only 10 ½ inches high, a modest summit from which he surveys the field and throws his knuckleball to batters.
