Can you think of examples of surveys in your world today? Think about how toy companies get information about what young people enjoy playing with or how the government finds out about the number of young people in school. What can a historian derive from such surveys?
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In the present day, different surveys can be carried out by the government and by the private enterprises. The government surveys consist of census, but the private companies carry surveys to get customers’ opinions on any product.
The best example is toy companies who prepare a questionnaire on a paper to get desired results. The sampled people are from schools and also the young ones. Then the conclusion came that those toys are mostly liked by the young ones. On the other hand, the government carries out a census every 10 years by getting detail from every home.
Ans. In the present day scenario various kinds of surveys are carried on both by the government as well as private enterprises. The government surveys include census in which various details of a family are collected. Private companies also carry surveys for the use of their products and to find the prospective customers. We can take example of the toy companies. These companies prepare a questionnaire and put them on a sheet of paper. They engage a number of representatives. For this purpose who visit school and distribute these papers among young people after the school is over. Young people are asked to take or cross options of their choice. Then they get these papers back through which they derive their conclusion about the toy liked by young people. The government carries out census every 10 years. Each household provides details of its children. It is from this detail that the government comes to know about the number of young people in the school. Historians study these data and come to know about the education level and other details