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What do you mean by questionnaire is what is difference between questionnaire and schedule

Posted by Sarita Yadav 5 years, 2 months ago

CBSE > Class 11 > Economics

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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 2 months ago

The questionnaire refers to a technique of data collection which consists of a series of written questions along with alternative answers. The schedule is a formalized set of questions, statements, and spaces for answers, provided to the enumerators who ask questions to the respondents and note down the answers.

Questionnaire	Schedule
The questionnaire is one of the methods used for data collection. The questionnaire will have many questions, with each question having multiple choices.	The schedule is also one of the methods of data collection. It will have a set of statements, questions and space given to note down the answers.
Questionnaire method of data collection is preferred when the respondents are willing to cooperate. In addition, to deploy this method the respondents need to be literate.	The Schedule method of data collection can be utilised irrespective of the respondent’s literacy. It can be used when the respondents are literate and can be used even when the respondents are illiterate.
The type of technique used in the Questionnaire method is Quantitative.	The type of technique used in the Schedule method is Qualitative.
In the Questionnaire method, the grouping is made on the basis of different categories like location, age, gender etc.	In the schedule method of data collection, the grouping may exist or may not exist.