The Informant Survey as a Method for Studying Irrigation Systems

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" The Informant Survey as a Method for Studying Irrigation Systems "
Frank W. Young

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1070826
Doc. No	:	LA114455
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852185X00054‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Frank W. Young
Title & Author	:	The Informant Survey as a Method for Studying Irrigation Systems [Article]\ Frank W. Young
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1985
Volume/ Issue Number	:	20/1-2
Page No	:	56–71
Abstract	:	"Although informant surveys are probably as old as formal organization, the methodology has only recently been codified and standardized. In its present form, it consists of a questionnaire administered to one or several general (not "key" or specialized) informants, objective questions about the institutional aspects of the social systems under study, and statistical analysis oriented to explicating group-level properties. As such, it is a low cost and appropriate technique for surveying 50 or more communities, districts, bureaucracies, businesses, or other formal organizations. It is illustrated and explained here by two recent studies of communal irrigation systems. Its capacity is greatly enhanced, as is true of all research methods, by harnessing it to an appropriate theoretical frame of reference, and one approach to the study of irrigation systems is outlined."
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852185X00054‬