Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Global Competitiveness

    competitiveness is defined as the set of institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country. The level of productivity, in turn, sets the sustainable level of prosperity that can be earned by an economy.In other words, more competitive economies or countries tend to be able to yield higher levels of income.The rates of return obtained by investments (physical, human, and technological) in an economy is also determined by the productivity level. Because the rates of return are the fundamental drivers of the growth rates of the economy, a more competitive economy is one that is likely to grow faster in the medium to long run.The concept of competitiveness thus involves static and dynamic components:  although the productivity...

Survey Tips:Survey Design

Computer Direct Interviews:Computer direct interviews are invention of the modern science & technology.These are interviews in which the Interviewees enter their own answers directly into a computer. They can be used at malls, trade shows, offices, and so on. The Survey System's optional Interviewing Module and Interview Stations can easily create computer-direct interviews. Some researchers set up a Web page survey for this purpose.      Advantages • The virtual elimination of data entry and editing costs. • You will get more accurate answers to sensitive questions. Recent studies of potential blood donors have shown respondents were more likely to reveal HIV-related risk factors to a computer screen than to either human interviewers or paper questionnaires.The...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Survey Tips :How To Write A Good Survey Quesstionaire

The Way To Write A Good Survey Words are often used in different ways by different people; your first and foremost task is to write questions that each person can understand in the same way. A good question should be short and straightforward. A questionnaire should not be lengthy, use easy English and the question shouldn't be difficult to answer.Through careful writing, editing, review, and rewriting you can make a good questionnaire. The following provides you instructions for conducting your surveys: 1. Create a short questionnaire 2. Use simple words 3. Relax your grammar 4. Assure a common understanding 5. Start with interesting questions 6. Avoiv writing leading question 7. Avoid double negatives 8. Balance rating scales 9. Don't make the list of choices too long 10. Avoid difficult...

Survey Tips :Survey Design

 Survey Design  This article is intended primarily for those who are new to survey research. It discusses options and provides suggestions on how to design and conduct a successful survey project. It does not provide instruction on using specific parts of The Survey System, although it mentions parts of the program that can help you with certain tasks. The Steps in a Survey Projec: 1. Establish the goals of the project - What you want to learn 2. Determine your sample - Whom you will interview 3. Choose interviewing methodology - How you will interview 4. Create your questionnaire - What you will ask 5. Pre-test the questionnaire, if practical - Test the questions 6. Conduct interviews and enter data - Ask the questions 7. Analyze the data - Produce the reports Establishing...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Survey Tips :How To Write A Good Survey Quesstionaire

Write a short questionnaireFirstly,A questionnaire should be as short as possible. When drafting a questionnaire, make a organized decession between what is essential to know, what would be useful to know and what would be unnecessary. Retain the former, keep the useful to a minimum and discard the rest. If the question is not important enough to include in your report, it probably should be eliminated. Use simple wordsSurvey recipients may have a variety of backgrounds so use simple language. For example, "What is the frequency of your automotive travel to your parents' residents in the last 30 days?" is better understood as, "About how many times in the last 30 days have you driven to your parent's home?" Relax your grammarRelax your grammatical standards if the questions sound too...

Friday, June 10, 2011

The Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গোপসাগর) the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered by Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal down to the state of Tamil Nadu, India and Sri Lanka to the west and Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the east. The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,172,000 km². A number of large rivers – the Padma (a distributary of the Ganges), Meghna (a distributary of the Brahmaputra), Jamuna (a branch of the Brahmaputra), Ayeyarwady, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri – flow into the Bay of Bengal. Among the important ports are Cuddalore, Ennore, Chennai, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Kakinada, Machilipatnam,...

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