Sociometry is a quantitative method developed by Jacob Moreno to measure social relationships and analyze group dynamics. It uses tools like sociograms to represent individuals and their relationships graphically. Moreno defined sociometry as the study of how groups are organized and individuals are positioned within them. He developed sociometry to analyze the hidden social structures within groups that shape their form.

1. Dr. N.Ramakrishnan
Prof. & Head
Dept. of Educational Technology
Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University
Karapakkam, Chennai-600 097
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2. Sociometry is a quantitative method for
measuring social relationships. It was
developed by psychotherapist Jacob L
Moreno in his studies of the relationship
between social structures
and psychological well-being and used
during Remedial Teaching.
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4. The term sociometry relates to its Latin
etymology, socius meaning companion,
and metrum meaning measure. Jacob
Moreno defined sociometry as "the inquiry
into the evolution and organization of
groups and the position of individuals
within them."
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5. "As the ...science of group organization, it
attacks the problem not from the outer
structure of the group, the group surface,
but from the inner structure. "Sociometric
explorations reveal the hidden structures
that give a group its form: the alliances, the
subgroups, the hidden beliefs, the
forbidden agendas, the ideological
agreements, the ‘stars’ of the show."
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7. One of Moreno's innovations in sociometry
was the development of the sociogram, a
systematic method for graphically
representing individuals as points/nodes
and the relationships between them as
lines/arcs. Moreno, who wrote extensively
of his thinking, applications and findings,
also founded a journal entitled Sociometry.
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9. In Sociometry, Experimental Method and
the Science of Society: An Approach to a
New Political Orientation (1951), Moreno
describes the depth to which a group
needs to go for the method to be
"sociometric".
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