Survey research is a useful and widely used approach to investigating areas of interest in dance science. Survey research can gather a large amount of data across one or multiple time points and offers an alternative approach to interventional research. Questionnaires and interviews are the two main methods of measuring in survey research. It is important to be aware of the way in which the procedures used to conduct survey research will impact upon the extent to which the data can accurately describe the population. Consideration should be given when developing questions and implementing questionnaires as well as when analysing and interpreting responses to avoid measurement and representation error. Additionally, there are several kinds of sampling techniques available such as simple random, systematic random and stratified random techniques and it is important to recognise how they allow for different representation of the population of interest. Identifying the limitations and benefits to survey research is important to ensure that this kind of method is appropriate and relevant to the research aims.