A Practical Guide To Digital Data Collection

  • A Practical Guide To Digital Data Collection
    A Practical Guide To Digital Data Collection

Table of contents

Introduction

  1. Purpose
  2. Use of Manual
  3. Field Staff Composition and Organization
  4. Choosing the Right Methodology
  5. Personal Safety and Competence

Developing the Meta Approach

  1. Research Theory: What is the Research Question?
  2. IRB Considerations
  3. Accessibility
  4. Flow Chart

Preparing for Fieldwork

  1. Materials Needed for the Field
  2. Equipment Preparation
  3. Partnering
  4. Security Clearance
  5. Understanding the Territory
  6. Training
  7. Run a Pilot Study

Organization of the Fieldwork

  1. Schedule and Field Assignments
  2. Transportation
  3. Supervision of Data Collection
  4. Quality Control/ Quality Assurance
  5. Ethical Considerations and Confidentiality
  6. Cultural Considerations

Survey Design

  1. Methodologies
  2. Development of Survey Instruments
  3. Statistical Considerations
  4. Sampling Procedures

Digital Data Collection

  • About
  • Introduction
  • Benefits of Digital Data Collection

Data Transmission

KoBoForm: Building Surveys and Forms

  • Introduction to KoBoForm
  • Getting Started with KoBoForm Builder
  • Adding Cascading Selections in KoBoForm
  • KoBoForm Security
  • MetaData
  • Multiple Languages
  • Question Types
  • What types of Questions can be Used?
  • Skip Logic
  • Validation
  • Building Surveys Offline in KoBoForm
  • Access KoBoForm offline

KoBoCollect: Mobile Data Collection

  • KoBoCollect User Guide
  • Introduction to KoBoCollect
  • KoBoCollect Training Best Practices
  • Appendix: Hardware Preparation

KoBoSync: Offline Data Synchronization

  • Getting Started with KoBoSync
  • Introduction
  • Synchronize Data to Computer
  • Transcribe XML to CSV
  • Random Record Generator
  • MULTI Select with the Post Processor
  • Catches and Caveats
  • Running KoBoSync from inside KoBoForm

XForm Primer

  • How XForms work
  • Example of an Xform:
  • Xform Anatomy
  • Xform Logic Explained
  • XML Nodes

Developers

  • Code Repository
  • Users Group
  • License

Data Analysis

  1. Transcription and Translation of Survey Results
  2. Tags
  3. Boiler Plate Statements
  4. Obfuscation and Data Scrubbing

Mapping

Administrative Procedures

Meta

  • Thoughts
  • Opinions
  • Ideas
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