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Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University Unit-11: Survey Techniques

Unit-11: Survey Techniques notes

contents
objectives
introduction
11.1 Definition and Meaning of Social Survey
11.2 objective or roles of social survey or reasons of Planning social surveys
11.3 Distinction between social survey and social research
11.4 summary
11.5 Keywords

11.6 review Questions
11.7 further readings

objectives

After studying this unit students will be able to:
y Understand the meaning of survey.
y Know, why Social Survey is done?
y Know the difference between social survey and social research.

introduction

Social Survey is an important study–pattern of social science. This is a scientific tool to study the social
problems and solutions. Scientific in the sense that the surveyor directly comes in contact with the
incidents and derives any solution or conclusion on the basis of real survey tests. But to know more in
this connection it is necessary and better to know the definition and meaning of survey techniques.

11.1 Definition and Meaning of Social Survey

1. pauline V. young—“Normally we feel now that social survey is related to the construction of
creative planning of social improvement and progress for the future and present conditions of
social vyadhisastriya environment, which has specific geographical limits and specific social
meaning and social importance. these circumstances can be measured and can be compared
with those conditions which can be accepted as an ideal form.
2. bogardus—“Broadly, social survey is the collection of data related to the way of living and
conditions of working of a particular group of people.”
3. n. Morse—“In short, survey is only a method of interpretation done in a scientific and
sequential manner for social conditions, problems or census purposes.

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