Thanks Ram
You saw through and through.
Best
MM> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:49:18 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam - Perspective !> > Mukul da,> >
Your points noted. I am not sure what the goal was for this particular> survey,
but surveys can be beneficial when designed, managed and conducted> with
precise, useful goals in mind.> > Many general awareness surveys could give us
an inkling to the direction we> are heading (say, whether children are
interested in civic> responsibilities?)> > Of course, some surveys by
newspapers/magazines online are conducted mostly> to interest readers (they can
vent their feelings) and to increase> readership. (Like, is the Govt. doing a
good job?).> I hope the people conducting this particular survey did not fall
into the> same 'newspaper trap' :)> > I thought this survey was too broad when
the age of respondents ranged from> 15 to 40. I would think there could have
been at least 3 distinct age> groups. The questions too, seemed to be all over
the place, with no singular> purpose. It claims to be a general awareness
survey, but the age group threw> me off.> > Maybe its just me - I too did not
think it produced anything, other than> some cursory interest.> > --Ram> > > >
On 3/17/08, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> >> > Doctor Heal Thyself!>
> If you think those could not answer correctly are "No Good"> > You can be
floored If I send you 100!> > Q is ' Must we load our little brains with
useless data'?> > Data is not Knowledge;> > Knowledge is not wisdom>> > mm>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:36:50 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To:
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---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Siddharth Barthakur <> > [EMAIL
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear All,> > A> > questionnaire-based survey conducted in
later part of 2007 among youths in> > Assam has revealed that their general
knowledge is below par.This survey> > was conducted by the monthly magazine for
youth 'Jiban' among 2,270 students> > and youths in the age group of 15 to 40
in more than a hundred villages and> > towns across Assam. Editor of "Jiban" Mr
Suresh Ranjan Goduka is a TATA-RGVN> > (Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi) senior
fellow, who led the survey team.> >> > (1) 95 percent of the respondents do not
know that there is a separate> > ministry for the northeast at the centre. 46
percent of those surveyed said> > there should be one! > > (2) What is more
surprising is that 62 percent of> > the respondents were not aware of Assam's
population while 73 percent did> > not have a clue about the state's literacy
rate.> > (3) 38 percent of them> > did not know where money comes from at the
ATMs, > > (4) A small 5 percent> > of those surveyed thought Sensex has
something to do with sex!> > (5) At> > least 90 percent of those surveyed knew
Baichung Bhutia is a footballer> > although 6 percent thought he was the king
of Bhutan!> The only silver> > lining, according to the highlights of the Youth
Awareness Survey, is the> > health awareness level among the youths.> (6) As
much as 91 percent of the> > respondents knew that kissing does not spread AIDS
and 93 percent were aware> > that jaundice is a water-borne disease.> What is
amazing is the lack of> > awareness among those surveyed about several common
facts concerning Assam's> > history and politics.> > (7) 37 percent of the
youths surveyed did not know> > that the Assam Accord signed in 1985 to end the
six-year-long> > anti-foreigners stir had set March 25, 1971 as the cut-off
date for> > detection and expulsion of illegal migrants from the state.> (8) 27
percent> > of the respondents thought that the Saraighat Bridge over the river>
> Brahmaputra in state capital Guwahati was built by a king of the Ahom> >
dynasty that ruled Assam for 600 years starting 1,228 AD. This bridge in> >
fact was opened to traffic in 1962.> Warm Regards.> > Siddharth Barthakur>> >
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