Views from the Field No. 5 | Improving data accuracy and consistency using interviewer instructions
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…
Views from the Field No. 4 | Keep successfully on track: Utilising tracking tools in baseline surveys
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.
Views from Research – No. 7 | Effective Evaluation of Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) in the developing world
Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) is a major area for health development and despite expansions in health services across developing countries, improvements in MNH in these countries have been slow.
Bhoke’s Masterly Performance
We are proud to announce that Bhoke Munanka, a member of the EDI Limited team based in our Bukoba, Tanzania office has graduated with her Masters Degree, an MBA (Master of Business Administration), from the University of Dar es Salaam. Congratulations Bhoke! In order to facilitate this success, which ultimately was dependent upon the efforts […]
EDI ENHANCE EDUCATION INITIATIVE
Standard 6 and 7 pupils at Bugambakamoi Primary School in Kitendagulo ward, Bukoba are enjoying their school lessons in comfort thanks to the provision of new school desks by EDI. The new desks have been donated in response to a national school desk initiative which aims to ensure that the number of desks keeps up […]
Views from Research – No. 3
Deploying Surveybe’s Structural Functionality for Complex School Questionnaires.
I have recently converted some of the largest, most complex questionnaires I have ever encountered into the latest version of Surveybe.
EDI Research Team Blog – How to minimize attrition and non-response rates in mobile phone surveys?
EDI | Enabling Decisions Insightfully | Views from the field | No. 1 How to minimize attrition and non-response rates in mobile phone surveys? Experiences from the field Johanna CHOUMERT NKOLO, Céline GUIMAS, Amy KAHN, Caitlin MCKEE, Caitlin SPENCE Mobile phone surveys are becoming increasingly popular as a cheaper means of gathering household data […]