Dear Students,

It is advised to all of you who are enrolled in the course of Advanced Research Methods to
perform the following tasks in advance.
Perform the following tasks:
o Make a group of two students and visit any superstore/bus
stop/hospital/commercial bank/Nadra Office, any other place. In exceptional case
one student may do the same alone.
o Spend there atleast 2 hours using any of the four roles of observers we studied
in the class and do the following tasks:
Observe activities/behaviors that are delicate and rarely notice by others
Look for the problems/significant issues
Look for the possible causes of those noticed problems
Look for the possible solutions of those noticed problems
Conclude your observations
What is the key takeaway/learning lesson from this whole activity
o In the light of the above mentioned tasks, maintain a log sheet of your
observations of every 10 minutes
1-10 minutes: I observe that people were.
11-20 minutes: I observe that people were.
110-120 minutes: I observe that people were.
o Bring that log sheet both in hard and soft copy in class to share with the
instructor and other students.
o Read chapter on collecting primary data through questionnaire from the book
of Saunders.



Time Observe activities/behaviors problems/significant issues possible causes
of those noticed
problems
1-10
minu
te
i. There are a lot of people around the
Ticket Ghar and Booking office.
ii. A family present on the station
setting their luggage.
iii. A women after coming from the
station outside might wait for her
relatives.
iv. Some Coolies are also gathered
there.
v. Ticket checker is present on the
stairs of the outside door of the station.
vi. A women beggar sit on the stairs of
the station.
vii. Some passenger playing cards
there.
viii. Most of the Rikshas are present
there without any arrangement.
ix. A passenger checking fair from the
table shown left side of the Ticket
Ghar.
i. There is no other Ticket
ghar there. Most of the
passengers quarreling with
each other for their turn.
ii. Fair are not clearly seen
from the board. Also most
of the fairs from the list are
not put there.









11-20
minu
te
i. A boy asked from the Ticket Checker
about the train.
ii. One of the Train arrived.
iii. Rikhsha drivers scattered there
causing problems to the passengers
going out.
iv. Customers dealing with Riksha
drivers.
v. Most of the Passengers are families.
vi. There present most of the gathering
of the passengers waiting for the train
and seems like waiting from too long.
i. There is no proper
management of outside
traffic near the station.
Riksha drivers creating
problems for the
passengers.
ii. Time arrival of the Train
are not clearly negotiated
to the passengers.












21-30
minu
te



i. There present a rush of passengers in
the inquiry office.
ii. A telephone set looking almost
obsolete is present there in the inquiry
office.
iii. A man continuously busy on the
i. Only one person is
appointed for giving
information to the lot of
passengers.
ii. Inquirer not taking care
of the passengers voice.

mobile, rush of the passengers, not
listening anyone.
iv. In the right side of the inquiry office
there is a room of station master having
4 chairs of old versions and a table and
two benches.
v. A system of checking the arrival of
the train is there beside the Station
Master room.
vi. A bell is hanging there.
vii. Passengers are making noise in the
inquiry room.
viii. A person come in the room and
asked about how to return the Ticket.
iii. Inquirers behavior is
almost ruid.








31-40
minu
te
i. Passengers inquire about the next
down train.
ii. One of the passengers inquire us
about Train and we are nodding
answering No
iii. Two police man bargaining with a
family for Booking adjustment.
iv. A young guy busy on mobile for last
15 minutes.
v. Two young boys carry their luggage
and crossing the lines.
vi. A coolie is present there on the
stairs seeing with deep eyes for having
some task.
vii. Most of the passenger looking
illiterate hesitates to go to inquiry
office and inquiring to the other
passengers or just sit awaiting.


i. Passengers feel unrest
about not arrival at Train at
time.
ii. Most of Maafia
making fool to the
passengers and dealing
with them for seat
adjustments.
iii. A bridge is present
there but most of the
persons even using
crossing lines directly.












41-50
minu
te



i. A passenger sleeping the bench
ii. A couple wandering and is searching
for suitable place.
iii. A baby assisting his parents to go to
shop and father replying nothing.
iv. There is no rush on the vending
contractors shop.
v.
i. Benches are too short for
the passengers.
ii. Lighting is not proper on
the station.
iii. Policemen are
weaponless.







Time Observe activities/behaviors problems/significant issues possible causes
of those noticed
problems
51-60
minu
te

i. Oh, a person slips while he is
crossing the line.
ii. Two persons are smoking and
chatting with each other.
iii. Many beggars are sleeping on the
floor of the station.
iv. Three young boys are playing with
each other, Jumping, climbing and
lifting each other.
v. A group of passengers talking about
the cleaning of the station which is not
properly cleaned.
vi. Two groups of the passengers have
garland on their hands might be waiting
to receive the passengers who are
coming after performing Hajj.
vii. A passenger quickly go toward the
station probably for the purchasing of
the Ticket.
i. Floor of the station is not
properly cleaned.
ii. No proper ways of
receiving guests.
iii. Most of passengers not
using bridge to go to other
second station.







61-70
minu
te



i. Light off.
ii. Bell is ringing informing about the
arrival of the train.
iii. Passengers collecting their luggage
to prepare for uplifting.
iv. Children of a family running here
and there and their parents taking care
of them.
v. Vendors shopkeepers set different
things on the counter after listening the
bell.
vi. Music playing on the riksha outside
the station listning on the station.
vii.
i. No generator facility is
there.
ii. Prices of each good is
more than the market on
the vendors shop.











71-80
minu
te



i. Light is available only on the
Vendors shops.
ii. One person inquiring about in which
side of the station, Lahore sides train
arrives.
iii. Some young boys spooning round
the ladies.
iv. Some people purchasing bottles of
water.
i. There is not mention on
the station about the
number of the station.
ii. Proper water is not
available on the station.
iii. There is no
announcement of the train.
So the passenger ready
their luggage even when

v. A luggage train reached the station
and stopped.
vi. Passenger get ready and thinking
that their train has arrived but it was
luggage train.
vii.

the luggage train is
arriving.









81-90
minu
te
i. Train whistled.
ii. Passangers on the other side of the
station gathered near the lines.
iii. Train arrived.
iv. Passengers coming out of the train
and most of the passengers trying their
level best to get in the train by pushing
others.
v. There is hustle and bustle around us.
vi. Passengers running here and there to
get in into the train.
vii. Two Passengers already have in the
train saying there is no place is here in
this compartment.

i. Seats are not available in
the train.
ii. No one taking care of
each other.













91-
100m
inute



i. Vendors Hawking loudly.
ii. passenger running to search for
water and some food from the vendors.
iii. The persons who have come to
receive the guests quickly picking up
their luggage from the train.
iv. Train again whistled and giving
information to the passengers that be
ready.
v. Receivers giving honor to the Hajis
and hug each other.
vi. Train left the station.
vii. Two persons quarreled with each
other to getting in into the train because
not having space even to board on the
train.
viii.



i. Passengers who already
have in the train not
helping to the new
passengers.
ii. Passengers running here
and there even in the out of
light and striking with each
other.








Time Observe activities/behaviors problems/significant issues possible causes
of those noticed
problems
101-
110
minu
te




i. Vendors sit silently now.
ii. Most of the passengers left the
station.
iii. Policemen has caught two persons
having no ticket.
iv. Its now power on electricity.
v. Passengers again coming quickly for
next train.
vi. A family spread his sheet on the
floor and start eating dinner.
vii. Two old person helping each other
crossing bridge.













111-
120
minu
te