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→ Questionnaire and Schedule are two anthropological research methods of data collection.
Questionnaire - is a set of structured and detailed questions that are sent by the researcher to the informant. Informant upon answering them, returns the questionnaire through mail.
Schedule is similar to questionnaire but the researcher him/herself asks the question to the informant.
Difference i) Schedule is much more beneficial in illiterate society while questionnaire
among literate society. ii) Schedule provides flexibility of deleting, changing or skipping questions. iii) Schedule allows researcher to maintain content or expressions of informant during answering. iv) Questionnaire is much more time & cost-friendly.
Similarities
- Detailed quantitative data collection.
- Useful in survey and cross-cultural comparison method.
- Allows wide coverage of subjects and dimensions.
L.H. Morgan's use of questionnaire highlights its centrality to anthropology.
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