UTTAR BANGA KRISHI VISHWAVIDYALAYA

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Ainul Bari Malitha

Regn No: A-2020-010-M

M.Sc 1st year , 2nd semester

 SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUE

Sociometry: Sociometry is a science to study the inter-relationship of

members of a group, their attitude, values, acceptance to each other and role of
every individual in the group.

Uses of sociometric techniques:

It is used to study:

1. Social adjustment

2. Group dynamics

3. Learning

4. Motivation

5. Discipline
Types of Sociometric technique:

Different sociometric techniques are:

1.Social distance technique

2.Guess who technique

3.Sociometric techniques

4.Sociogram

Social Distance Scale – Developed by Bogardus. Specific statements (some positive and acceptable,
some negative and unacceptable) are given regarding a social situation or person. And the group is
instructed to rank them. Helps to find out social inter-relationship of the group.
Example:

a)I love to work with Suresh

(b) I like to work with Suresh

(c) I don’t mind working with Suresh

(d) I find it difficult to work with Suresh

(e) It is impossible to work with Suresh

Guess-Who technique – Developed by Hugh Hartshorne and Mark May,

here, members of groups have to identify the persons and write his name against the
characteristics provided.

Example:

Honest Person – __________

Lazy Person – __________

Hardworking Person – __________

Cooperative Person – __________

Selfish Person – __________

Kind Person – __________

Cunning Person – __________

Loving Person – __________

Communigram – Communication skills of a person in a group can be found out and measures. i.e. In
a given time, how many times does the person speak?
 Sociometric/peer rating – To find out one’s popularity whether a person is liked by a group or not.

Example:

With whom do you want to study?

Ramesh?

Baban?

Kumar?

Sociogram – In this technique, one can present information in a graph form.

Example: Whom would you like to be the monitor of your class?

For this technique, the group should be moderate in size, it should not be very small or very large.
And members of the group should know each other very well.

Merits of Sociometric technique :

Economical method in terms of time and moneyReveals information about personal and social
adjustmentStudies the stability of the groupHelpful to improve social climate in the classroom.

Limitations of Sociometric technique:

Only reveals status of relationships and does not help to “establish” relationships.It is valid only if
proper rapport exists and student/teacher giving opinion is honest.Social situations often fluctuate
so relationships are not always stable.
Thank You