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Methods Of Enquiry In Psychology

Question
CBSEENPS11021887

Give two examples of the situations where survey method can be used. What are the limitations of this method?

Solution

Two examples of the situations where survey method can be used are:

(i) During election period to find out if people would vote for a particular party, or favour a particular candidate.

(ii) To find out the attitude of the people towards giving powers to the Panchayati Raj institutions for running programmes related to health, education, sanitation, etc.

Limitations of the survey method:

(i) People may give inaccurate information because of memory lapses or they may not want to let the researcher know what they really believe about a particular issue.

(ii) People sometimes offer responses they think the researcher wants to hear.