Sociometry scale used in nursing

1. PREPARED BY:
Nidhi Patel
1st year M.sc.
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2.  Introduction
 Definition
 Need of sociometry
 Sociometry test
 Purpose
 Importance
 Method of analysis
 Area that sociometry can be apply
 Limitations
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3. INTRODUCTION
Sociometry which is a quantitative method
for measuring social relationships and is based
on the fact that people make choices in
interpersonal relationship.
sociometry is a set of technique to measure
in quantities and diagrammatic term attraction
in IPR.
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4. MEANING
The word sociometry came from the latin
“Socius” meaning social and the latin
“Metrum” meaning measure.
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 The word ‘sociometry’ which comes from
french to our language means as the effects
of social life &
friendship on an
individual.

5. DEFINITION
 Oxford Dictionary defines sociometry as “the
study of relationship within a group of people”.
 Jacob Moreno defined sociomerty as “the
inquiry into the evolution and organization of
group and the position of individual within
them”.
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 Historically, it was developed by JacoL.Moreno
in 1930.
 It is closely associated with small group
research, where its focuses on inter-persoal
choices.

7.  Focusing on key contributors who create
value the informal leaders.
 Knowing what is really going on enhancing
the informal relationship network.
 Focusing on culture providing connection.
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8.  leaflet presentation
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9.  To learn the interaction & the structure of a
group.
 To elicit social relationship and the
organization type of a group through
analyzing attitudes & aptitudes of group
members among each other.
 To identify subgroups and leaders of a group.
 To obtain objective information about the
real structure of a group and group integrity.
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10.  Sociogram is an important tool for teachers.
 Its value to teacher is in its potentiality for
developing grater understanding of group
behaviour.
 This shows the positive nature of sociomerty and
once the relationship understood by the teacher,
groupwork can be better facilitated for greater
learning to occur.
 The data for the sociogram may also be displayed
as a table or matrix of each person’s choices. such
a table is called sociomatrix.
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11. There are 3 important method of
sociometric analysis is:
1.Sociometric matrix
2.Sociogram
3.Sociometrix index
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12.  A matrix is a rectangular arrangement of
numbers of other symbols.
 E.g.: A group of 6 members respond to a
sociometric questions with whom would you
like to work on such & such projects during
the next 3 months? Choose any 3 individuals.
The responses made are choices of a member
 Choose another, non choice is denoted by 0.
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14.  Flash card
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15.  Study relationship among members.
 To organize classroom groups.
 Assist isolates in the group.
 Assign responsibilities to the members of the
group.
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16.  Not necessarily stable relationship.
 Some members of the group may not reveal
their real relationships on account of some
fear or other consideration.
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17. In today’s topic we learned about
introduction, meaning, definition of
sociometry, need of sociometry, importance
methods of sociometry, area that
sociometry can applied and limitations of
sociometry.
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