Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 7.1
Differences between the questionnaire and schedule
Sl
no
.
Questionnaire
Schedule
1
Sent through mail
Carried by an enumerator or investigator
2
Filled in by the respondent
Filled in by an enumerator or the enumerator helps the
respondent in filling in
3
No manpower is required
Trained enumerator or investigators are required
4
Cheaper or cost-effective
Costly
5
No questions of supervision is required
Enumerator or investigators are required to be
supervised
6
Has more nonresponse
Has comparatively low nonresponse
7
Respondent's identify is unknown
Identity of respondent is fixed
8
May be time-consuming
Can be completed within a given time frame
9
No personal contact (in general)
Personal contact is established
10
Risk of misinformation or more wrong
information is seen
Quality of information depends on the quality of the
enumerator
11
Not applicable for illiterate
May be applicable for illiterate
12
Worldwide collection of information is possible Worldwide collection of information is not possible
method of data collection depends on the capability
of the enumerator. The enumerator should be
trainedinsuchawaysothathe/shebecomescom-
petent enough about the objective of the project and
his/her duties. Though this method is time and
resource consuming, a good, qualified, and capable
enumerator can deliver wonderful information even
beyond the scope of the research studies (Table
7.1
).
in a situation wherein information about his/her
personality and inner mind is extracted con-
sciously by an interviewer but unconsciously by
him. This method is mostly used in situations
where the respondents are unwilling to respond
to direct questions—this might be because of the
fact that they have no clear-cut idea, opinion, and
thought of feelings or situations where direct
questioning is undesirable. There are different
methods of projective techniques: (a)
word associ-
7.1.5 Other Methods of Data
Collection
ation test
,(b)
sentence completion test
,(c)
story
completion test
,(d)
verbal projection test
,(e)
pic-
torial technique
, (f)
play technique
,(g)
quiz
,(h)
Besides the above methods, there are other
methods also for data collection particularly in the
field of social, economic, psychometric, business,
etc., studies. Among the different methods, (1)
projective method of data collection
sociometry,
etc.
In a word association test, the number of
disjoint words is provided to the respondent,
and a response is sought about the first thought
or word that the individual associates with each
word. The interviewer notes the response, pro-
motional expressions, etc., to judge the attitude
of the respondents.
Instead of providing a list of words, a list of
incomplete sentences is provided to the
respondents with the request to complete this.
Analysis of the replies serves as an indicator for
the conception of the respondent about the sub-
ject and also the attitude towards it. Both the
word testing and sentence completion are quick
and easy to use but may not be easy to analyze
,(2)
warranty
card method
,(3)
audit method
,(4)
consumer
panels
,(5)
mechanical device method
,(6)
depth
interview method
content analysis method
,(7)
,and
(8)
PRA method are important
.
7.1.5.1 Projective Method of Data
Collection
It is mostly used in psychological studies to project
the feelings, behaviors, and understanding of the
respondents on a particular aspect. It is an indirect
method of interview in which a respondent is put
