Consult with clients to identify survey needs and specific requirements, such as special samples.

“Consult with clients to identify survey needs and specific requirements, such as special samples.” is a core task performed by Survey Researchers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#3 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Conduct surveys and collect data, using methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, market analysis surveys, public opinion polls, literature reviews, and file reviews. · importance 4.8
• Prepare and present summaries and analyses of survey data, including tables, graphs, and fact sheets that describe survey techniques and results. · importance 4.5
• Determine and specify details of survey projects, including sources of information, procedures to be used, and the design of survey instruments and materials. · importance 4.5
• Support, plan, and coordinate operations for single or multiple surveys. · importance 4.5
• Monitor and evaluate survey progress and performance, using sample disposition reports and response rate calculations. · importance 4.4
• Collaborate with other researchers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of surveys. · importance 4.3
• Conduct research to gather information about survey topics. · importance 4.2
• Direct and review the work of staff members, including survey support staff and interviewers who gather survey data. · importance 4.2
• Direct updates and changes in survey implementation and methods. · importance 4.2
• Produce documentation of the questionnaire development process, data collection methods, sampling designs, and decisions related to sample statistical weighting. · importance 4.2
• Write proposals to win new projects. · importance 4.0
• Review, classify, and record survey data in preparation for computer analysis. · importance 3.9
• Analyze data from surveys, old records, or case studies, using statistical software. · importance 3.9
• Write training manuals to be used by survey interviewers. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Survey Researchers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Consult with clients to identify survey needs and specific requirements, such as special samples.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-7546}
}