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Questionnaires and schedules are very much used in gathering a variety of data.They have been used for the collection of personal preferences, social beliefs, attitudes, opinions, behaviour patterns, group practices, habits and other kinds of data. ADVERTISEMENTS: The increasing use of schedules and questionnaires is probably due to increased emphasis by social scientists on quantitative measure­ment of uniformly accumulated data.A questionnaire is a tool for data collection. It consists of a number of questions printed or typed in a definite order on a form or a set of forms. It is administered to a respondent either person­ally or through mail. The respondent answers the questions on his own without being aided. Image Source: phillj.files.wordpress.comQuestionnaires are now widely used collecting data, particularly when data are to be collected from a large…

We have discussed the meaning and definitions of social structure in the preceding pages. Sociologists have worked on social structure quite elaborately. They prefer to use term ‘social system’ instead of ‘social structure’. However, both sociologists and social anthropolo­gists define social structure in terms of the interrelations between the individuals and functioning of these ordered interrelationships in the maintenance of the society. The definitions given by various social an­thropologists help us to bring out certain characteristics of social structure. We enumerate these as under: ADVERTISEMENTS: (i) Abstraction of empirical reality: Empirical reality has a large number of details about the functioning of society. The construction of social structure removes unnecessary details and brings out abstractions. For instance, there are innumer­able caste and tribal groups in India. Each caste has its…

The continuous flow of people from villages to cities creates many socio­economic problems. The density of population in cities shoots up and civic amenities fall short of requirements. The law and order situation deteriorates. Prices of essential commodities touch the sky. The housing situation becomes so acute that many people are forced to live in slums or sleep on pavements. The rents of houses soar. All this leads to the creation of slums. Sometimes, these slums come up right in the midst of posh colonies.According to 2001 census data, there are 607 towns with slums and the population living in slums is estimated to be 40,297,341. Rapid urbanisation and worsening poverty globally have helped slum population to shoot upto 923 million at the turn of the century according to the…

Crawford on the Construction of Statutes states at page 516 as follows:“The question as to whether a statute is mandatory or directory depends upon the intent of the legislature and not upon the language in which the intent is cleared.The meaning and intention of the legis­lature must be given, and these are to be ascertained, not only from the phraseology of the provision, but also by considering its nature, its design, and the consequences which would follow from construing it one way or the other ” [State of U.P.v. Manbodhan Lal Srivastava, A.I.R. 1927 S.C. 912 at p. 918]. previews.123rf.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The learned author at page 535 observes:“As a general rule, a statute which specifies a time for directors so far as the time of performance is concerned, specially where…

1. Letter to the Insurance Company for availing Loan To, The Divisional Manager, (Insurance Company Name) (Address)Sir,Ref: Policy No. ____________ , ____________ (Date) ADVERTISEMENTS: This is to bring to your kind attention that I’m an insur­ance holder of the aforementioned policy, which is an endowment policy and whose quarterly amount of ____________ (Amount in words) has always being paid on time, for the last five years. As I’m now constructing a house, I would like to avail a loan of ____________ (Amount in words), in order to expedite the construction possess.Kindly send me the required forms to be filled up in order to avail the loan. Also kindly intimate me of the docu­ments required by your organisation.Looking forward to an early reply in this regard.Yours Sincerely, (Your Name) (Your Address)…

To The Manager, (Address) (Date)Sir, ADVERTISEMENTS: As you are aware there is a total staff of ____________ working in your esteemed company. Most of us bring our own food from home, but this usually grows cold and is difficult to eat in the cold season.Therefore, we request you to sanction construction of a can­teen where food and hot drinks may be served at subsided rates. Image Source: orthoinno.comThis will be a great boon to all the workers and senior staff and will prove conductive to good health and hard work.Thanking you ADVERTISEMENTS: Yours sincerely, (Your Name)