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 Sources of Primary Data:-

1. Personal Observation : - Personal observation refers to that type of observation through

which there is a direct observation in the field and is collected by individual and group of

individuals. Through a field survey, information about the relief feature, drainage patterns,

types of soil and natural vegetable, as well as population structure, sex, ratio, literacy rate,

means of transport and communication, urban and rural settlements etc., is collected.

2. Interview : Interview is another way of collecting primary data. In this step, there is a presence

of an interviewer and the interviewer asks the questions from an interviewee, it is generally in

oral terms and face – to – face conversation with the person.

3. Questionnaire: In this method, simple question and their possible answer are written on a

plain paper and the respondents have to use tick –mark the possible answers from the given

choices. The objectives of the survey should be clearly mentioned in the questionnaire,

Sometimes, a set of structured question are written and sufficient space is provide in the

questionnaire where the respondents can write their opinions.