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EDI: My First Impressions
We welcome Research Officer, Sophie Diarra, to the EDI team! In this blog post, Sophie reflects on her first few weeks at EDI.
Views from the Field No. 9 | Keeping your survey on track when the internet lets you down
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…
The EDI Group Newsletter March 2019
Recent news from EDI – introducing new team members, project updates from the field, blog posts and much more…
#BalanceforBetter on International Women’s Day
The theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is #BalanceforBetter. The message? We should all strive toward a gender-balanced world, in all societies and all places—in the media, sports, and in many other areas— through education, business, and government: better the balance, better the world.
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)…
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!
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…
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…
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.
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.