With the launch of the highly anticipated surveybe release 6 later this year, I’ve been reflecting on the merits of both online and offline data collection modes…
Obtaining informed consent is key to the process of protecting survey respondents and to the validity of the research. Research respondent protection and data protection has always been central to EDI’s ethos…
In this Views from the Field blog post we explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how they can be applied to survey design…
In the era of dematerialisation (i.e. a paperless era), ensuring the security of data collected in field is paramount. The recent examples of major data breaches and cyber-attacks calls for even further reflection and review of protocols to manage and store personally identifiable information.
From our experience, one of the easiest and most effective ways to ensure the consistency of data collected during CAPI surveys is through the use of interviewer instructions that are programmed into the surveying software and are visible to interviewers during surveys. Such instructions can provide a number of benefits…
Drawing on our collective experience at EDI in designing baseline surveys and implementing various follow-up surveys in developing countries, we provide some practical guidelines to maximise data quality and to facilitate tracking of respondents.