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Views from Research No. 14 | Using Paradata to Collect Better Survey Data: Evidence from a Household Survey in Tanzania (3/3) | How can GIS be used to improve quality of field based data collection?
In this third post, in our mini blog post series, on how to use paradata to improve survey data quality, we turn to another key element of paradata, namely Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates processed using Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)…
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Two Companies Cut From the Same Cloth
Guest blog post from Paul Decker, CEO at Mathematica. Paul reflects on his recent trip to Tanzania visiting EDI offices and meeting the team!
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Views from Research No. 13 | Using Paradata to Collect Better Survey Data: Evidence from a Household Survey in Tanzania (2/3) | Timestamps – what are they good for?
In this second post, we turn to one of the most commonly used types of survey paradata; timestamps…
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Views from Research No. 12 | Using Paradata to Collect Better Survey Data: Evidence from a Household Survey in Tanzania (1/3) | What are paradata?
In this mini blog post series, we present the results from our new paper in which we shed light on how to use paradata to improve survey data quality…
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Join our team! EDI has two open job vacancies
EDI now seeks a Senior Research Officer and Assistant Research Officer to work with our UK and overseas survey teams in the running of large-scale surveys and impact evaluations on health, agriculture, education and infrastructure…
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The Challenges and Opportunities for Collecting Survey Data in Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest blog post from Sarah Hughes, Senior Fellow at Mathematica, discusses how methods and fieldwork training for local data collectors, mobile device usage, and the expansion of communication networks in sub-Saharan Africa are opportunities that researchers can leverage to overcome survey data collection challenges in the region.
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An analysis of Tanzanian households’ energy choices
Closing the energy gap and ending energy poverty are explicit targets of the global agenda. In this blog post, Johanna Choumert-Nkolo, explores the nature of household energy use in Tanzania in the context of the energy ladder and stacking (fuel mixing) hypotheses.
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EDI Year in Review 2018
Explore EDI’s Year in Review here in a new infographic. Interesting facts, figures and more…
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Seasons Greetings and looking ahead to 2019…
Seasons Greetings to everyone from all of us at the EDI Group and best wishes for the New Year
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Sustainably Reducing Energy Poverty
Bold action to end energy poverty could deliver massive benefits for human settlements and ecosystems…
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