Excerpt from Land Tenure Research: Scope and Nature, 1962 The distinction between the normative approach and the positive approach with re spect to problem formulation appears as a difference in the way a problem is defined. Under the normative approach a problematic area is the difference between the present situation and an end. A problem in the positive frame of reference is a statement of an expected relationship between variables relevant to a given situation; thus, it might be simply a question such as: What is the effect of so and so on such and such? Or, To what extent is variable X associated with variable Y? The problem is important, not because of a wide gap, but because the researcher and his supporters believe that its solution will add to our store of knowledge and justify the expenditure of research r sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.