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Views from Research – No. 10 | Tackling non-standard units with Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
Most of us can recall, relatively accurately, the quantities of consumption items we purchase; a kilo of sugar or a litre of milk. However, in many surveys in developing countries, quantities are expressed in non-standard units; such as ‘small heap of tomatoes’ and ‘medium bunch of bananas’. This leads to ambiguous item-unit combinations which are then subject to individual interpretation of what constitutes ‘small,’ ‘medium’, ‘large’.
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Project Spotlight for Summer 2017
Our Project Spotlight for Summer 2017: recent project updates from the field.
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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…
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Views from Research – No. 9 | How to improve survey data quality?
The 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 17th to 21st July 2017. In the first part of this blog post I provide a summary of the ESRA 2017 conference. Secondly, I share some thoughts on assessing data quality and how data quality is defined.
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Views from Research – No. 8 | Five podcasts and videos on the importance of more and better data in the Global South
Data itself will not solve development challenges, but they should inform decision making and enhance development policies. Here are some insightful, publicly available, videos and podcasts on how to collect, process and make use of data.
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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.
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AfrEA Conference 2017
How do evaluators assess and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Insights from the 8th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference, Kampala, Uganda provides some insight.
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CSAE Conference 2017: Economic Development In Africa.
EDI participate at CSAE 2017; with a number of our research team members in attendance. Here they convey their personal highlights from the conference, all of which help to influence our desire to improve data quality.
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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.
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Views from Research – No. 6 | Dealing with surveys on sensitive topics
The question of how to deal with asking sensitive questions is an important one in the evolving field of survey based research. EDI has recently conducted several surveys on sensitive topics and this blog has been written to share a few insights.
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