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title: Research (right half)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/research-army-questionnaire-chart-right-half-1941/
description: 'Right half of the two-part ''RESEARCH'' wall chart: two soldiers filling out questionnaires at a desk, a soldier dropping a form into a box.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Research, 1941 US poster: Right half of the two-part 'RESEARCH' wall chart](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/research-army-questionnaire-chart-right-half-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/research-army-questionnaire-chart-right-half-1941.jpg)

# Research (right half)

Right half of the two-part 'RESEARCH' wall chart: two soldiers filling out questionnaires at a desk, a soldier dropping a form into a box, a punch card and four typed reports. Captions say the questionnaires are nameless and that final reports go to commanders. The technique is faint here; the sheet reassures servicemen about anonymity.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SEARCH

[...]n explain [...]onest an-

Tens of thousands have anonymously filled out questionnaires—opportunity for real self-expression.

Soldiers drop nameless questionnaires in box for direct shipment to Research Department in Washington.

The information is transferred to machine record punch cards.

Final reports are distributed, on request by commanders, to interested officers in Service Commands and Tactical Units.

[typed report covers carry text too small to read: [illegible]]
```

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