The phrase "a survey of purchasing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing research or analysis related to buying behaviors, trends, or practices in a specific context.
Example: "The report presents a survey of purchasing habits among millennials in urban areas."
Alternatives: "an analysis of buying" or "a study of consumer purchases".
The association's report is based on a survey of purchasing executives who buy the raw materials and supplies for manufacturing at more than 350 industrial companies.
(The index is based on a survey of purchasing executives at hundreds of industrial companies, and is generally thought of as the most reliable picture of what's happening in manufacturing).
Manufacturing in the Chicago area contracted in April for a second month as employment slid and a gauge of new orders fell to the lowest level in one and a half years, according to a survey of purchasing executives that was released yesterday.
It is based on a survey of purchasing executives at over 600 firms.
37 The LCF is a survey of purchasing data for 256 food categories compiled from 2-week long food expenditure diaries of 12 196 people (5263 households) from across the UK.
A survey of purchasing managers showed further weakening in January.
A survey of European purchasing managers showed an unexpected plunge in confidence this month.
The second survey, reflecting a survey of 300 purchasing executives at nonmanufacturing companies, showed that overall activity was rising, but not as quickly as in October.
The preliminary Caixin/Markit index, which is based on a survey of factory purchasing managers, fell to 47.0 in September from 47.3 in August.
Manufacturing activity in the 15 countries that use the euro shrank in June for the first time in three years, according to a survey of European purchasing managers.
China's official manufacturing index, based on a survey of factory purchasing managers, fell last month to 49.7, the lowest level since August 2012, from 50.0 in July.
