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2.2 SOURCES OF DATAData on the vaned aspects of 'occupat~onal stress", itseffects and ~ts coptng strategres were collected through astructured, comprehens~ve questlonnalre, whrch was developedafter an extensive renew of literatureln~t~ally a Pllot Study among 50 bank employees from all thethree categories through the questlonnalre method as well aspersonal dlscuss~on method was conducted for two obmousobjects In vlewa) To l~melight the uraknesses of the questlonnalre wthrespect to the understandab~l~ty of the statements.bl To check on the time taken by the respondents to fill upthe questronnalre.Thus the loopholes In the questlonnaue were mit~gated tosome extent and a modified questionnaire was then administered.lnforrnat~on collected through the modified questionnaireconstituted the major SOURCE OF DATA for the study.25