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Towards A Unified Zakat System

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the present study would have been prohibitive, due to thewide geographical area the study involved (Klimoski, 1991).The absence of an interviewer also provides greateranonymity. Anonymity may elicit a higher response ratethan that achieved during personal interviews (Nachmias andNachmias, 1996).Questionnaires are also preferable when a question demandsa considered rather than immediate answer or if answersrequire consulting personal documents or other people, incontrast to interview questions which required immediateanswers(Klimoski, 1991).Questionnaires do, however, have their own disadvantages.Postal questionnaires can be used as an instrument for datacollection only when the questions are straightforwardenough to be comprehended solely on the basis of printedinstructions and definitions (Nachmias and Nachmias, 1996).Postal questionnaires are also known to receive lowerresponse rates than interviews. The investigator canovercome this disadvantage by using Self-administeredquestionnaires(Nachmias and Nachmias, 1992).185

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