The phrase "a single survey" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one specific survey among potentially many others, often in research or data collection contexts.
Example: "The results from a single survey can provide valuable insights into public opinion on the issue."
Alternatives: "one survey" or "a lone survey".
The scanty data come mainly from a single survey.
Nevertheless, we agree with critics that the limitations of inferences based upon a single survey make additional surveys desirable.
It turned out that a single survey question can, in fact, serve as a useful predictor of growth.
Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw could have told you the same thing without brandishing a single statistic or citing a single survey.
The best predictor of top-line growth can usually be captured in a single survey question: Would you recommend this company to a friend?
The method is also applicable to a single survey in which different questions are asked or different sampling methods are used in different strata or clusters.
Passerines as a group are important ecological indicators and are often included in such programs to provide information on multiple species with a single survey technique.
In this study, a rapid assessment method for the estimation of orangutan density is developed, allowing for the estimation of density with a single survey.
We do these surveys and we'll identify around 25,000 ivory products for sale in a single survey!... Thailand is running the world's largest unregulated ivory market with impunity.
A single survey is unlikely to be very accurate, but there are three reasons to think that it picked up something real.First, the swing against Labour fits the national picture.
A set of validation rules is proposed for application to single geometric objects, to the relationship of objects on a single survey plan, and to objects that are independently defined on separate plans.
