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Eliminating Corporal Punishment in Schoolsshown a copy of the tool and asked to focus on each illustration and respond if he/she had experiencedthe same. The interviewers recorded the responses given by the participating children.SamplingThe sampling design used for this study was random sampling. It was a large sample to ensure balanceand reliability. No attempt was made to ‘select’ children from any particular group or school. The data wascollected by teacher-trainees and volunteers who knew how to interact with children so as to ensurethat the children did not feel threatened. A total of 6,632 children were interviewed across seven states:Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.Since random sampling was used, children belonging to diverse socio-economic settings and moreimportantly to different types of schools are represented in the sample. This sample also representschildren of all ages ranging from 3 to 17 years (see Table 2.1). Boys and girls are represented adequately inthe sample (see Table 2.3). The data was collected between August 2009 and February 2010.12