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Remote surveying during COVID-19 (Part 2/2)
In the first post in this series, we described some of the challenges we faced with a rapid pivot to remote surveying during the COVID-19 pandemic …
Remote surveying during COVID-19 (Part 1/2)
On March 16, 2020, Tanzania reported its first official case of COVID-19. It was inevitable in the context of an accelerating pandemic, but …
EDI Global Newsletter – August 2020
Since our last newsletter, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in ways that few of us could have imagined. From all of us at EDI Global we hope that all of our clients, partners, friends and their families have remained safe …
13 Tips for Conducting an Effective Online Enumerator Training
The first half of 2020 has brought about massive changes to all areas of our lives – both personally and professionally. Businesses across all sectors have had to adapt to the restrictions put in place by Governments to reduce the spread of…
Piloting a Survey: Thoughts and Recommendations
The importance of piloting a survey can often be overlooked, but it is one of the most crucial project phases when seeking to deliver high quality data from a large-scale data collection….
Views from Research No. 16 | Implementing a school survey
Over the years, EDI has implemented numerous surveys focused on the learning outcomes of children and adolescents, and related topics such as youth empowerment. In this blog post, we provide a few tips and recommendations to researchers wishing to conduct school surveys…
Views from Research No. 15 | Building a questionnaire for a household survey: a check-list (part 2/2)
Socio-economic status of respondents is a key variable of economic models, and yet perhaps the most difficult to measure. Part 2 in our household questionnaire check-list…
Views from Research No. 15 | Building a questionnaire for a household survey: a check-list (part 1/2)
Have you carefully thought about the definition of “a household”? This might sound like a trivial question, but the social and statistical constructions of a household greatly vary between and within countries…
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…
#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.