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Understanding the target population is relevant in designing the tools.

Understanding the target population is relevant in designing the tools.

Technology makes work easier but it definitely can not replace humans.

Understanding your users or participants before data collection is very important as this would help to design data tools that would help to collect accurate data

Inconsistent in capturing age; this can be addressed by target the date of birth written in full.

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I think understanding the participant is one of the most important thing to collect our data, because we must know well the experience of our participants, so we can get the accurate data one. We must know the detail of their culture, education, language, or other demographic characteristics, in order to inform us for collection tool choice and design.

Understanding users is a very important aspect of data collection. This should be done for better adherance to ethical principles by M&E officers.

This will involve knowing their limitations, language, literacy level, adaptability and exposure to technology or other survey materials and equipments.

To know if they have access to technologies, language people speak, the literacy level and culturally preferred method of communication

understanding your users has to do with understanding their language the food the eat places they go to the kind of cloth they wear

Understanding user behavior is key to finding out how users interact with your product. Specifically, how much time do they spend using it? What do they click on the most? At what point in the user journey do they decide to bounce? Analyzing your users’ behavior will answer such questions and help you continuously refine your product.

It is of great importance to understand and monitor your participant in data collection

Observation we will say is a term that shows a method of data collection that covers covers a large group of people within a cluster.The information are gotten with the knowledge of the key factors.

Understanding your terget audience is key in the process of data collection. This is because if the data must be accurate and truly represent the population, then their must exist a communication between those collecting the data and those from which the data is being collected from.
The educational background and level of exposure of the population are to be considered in a great deal.
Also a close observation needs to be put into consideration because of social and societal influence on the population. Some individuals have different social media accounts with each with different names. Some have more than one cell phone numbers and registered with different names.

You have to understand your participant's position, identity and social status and so on , otherwise misunderstanding will arise. As for example, if you ask your question to a nomadic participant about his address, he or she will feel embarrassed as nomadic people have no fixed or permanent address.

Methods of data collection entirely depends on the intend purpose of the data being collected. Understanding of the target audience is very essential hence it is something to be handle before indulging into data collection processes

Understanding stakeholders is very vital as it guides in achieving their expectations and goals of the objectives.

It is always vital to analysis the methods used to collect data and design them based on the target participants

This topic has made me to understand why it is essential to continually observe and verify the accuracy of data collection process when engaging in M&E. And also to put in perspective issues which may arising, without forgetting to monitor if there are missing data or discouraging patterns. And last but not list, to ensure to change my M&E tool to prevent the mentioned issues.

in order to deliver a high quality data it is essential to understand your user's needs.

Understanding and observations are key in data collection processes, having an accurate data requires a lot of time input. As you need to first understand the class of population you are working with and the languages they understand, cuturally, educationally, speaking and written languages.

If you observe the level of literacy of the population very well, it will help a great deal, as this will help to develop or design tools that will fit into the targeted population. Also enabling you to get people of same language, beliefs etc to work with you in the data collection processes will be of great advantage, as that will be the first step to getting accurate data.

To avoid or prevent Incorrect report data Interviewer needs to be smart and experience moderator wth a wits of identifying and sensing incorrect data reported.

If data is not collected properly then it will affect the end result of the project.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR USERS
When collecting data it is very important that you know the users of your data and the participants-respondents.
What do they want to use the information for? The level of education, culture, knowledge and level of education should be looked into so that biasness in collecting data would be minimal.

need to know the type of data collection tool and its time flame

It is very important for the project to be able to understand their participants in order to make informed decisions on how the program will be implemented and how it may eventually affect those it is intended to assist.

there will data are lost because the its lack of language and the can't write
to avoid these lost of data there should be M&E understanding user who will coduct interview to understand language of beneficiary

Data validation tools help in observation an ensure accurate data.
Validation formulars in reporting tools.

Technology has made data Collection, analysis and presentation easier

Before you embark on collecting data electrically, find out if your participants have access to Basic mobile phones?
Feature phones? Smartphones Computers? Email? SMS?

Your stakeholders are the people and groups who are affected by or who have the power to affect your project.

i understand that understanding your users is also very important in selecting your data selection tool.

First of all, make the collection questionnaire as simple as possible to understand, capture information on name, year of birth following a methodology adaptable to the situation and the context

First of all, make the collection questionnaire as simple as possible to understand, capture information on name, year of birth following a methodology adaptable to the situation and the context

Understanding the participants eliminates the formulation unwanted questions in your data collection tools. it helps you develop relevant data collection tools which will be useful

very right. Different countries and even communities within a specific country may have varying demographic and other underlying factors therefore use of the same data collection design may not work

It will be great if we are able to identify the kind of data we are collecting ( qualitative or quantitative) having that in mind it will lead to a careful selection of the best method of data collection. despite our choices in selecting the method of data collection, it is of utmost importance to understand the cultural, educational and demographic characteristics of people we are collecting our data from which could be follow up with lots of observations.

UNDERSTANDIND THE PARTICIPANTS IS A GOOD PILLAR FOR M&E PROCESSES FOR DATA COLLECTION. Knowing the language used by participants_able of reading it or able of writting it, knowing the literacy level of the community or irreteracy rate in the community, recognizing whether people have high or low proficiency for the language intended to be used by researchers, knowing timely the culture of people which to collect data from, knowing if it is acceptable to people to speak with interviewer in public places,being aware of that participants are able of using thechnological materials to be used during data collection _being able of using basic phones mobile one, able of using smart phones, able to respond through e-mails or if able to respond through SMSs-all the above make pillar of perfect understanding of the users or participants for data collection-perfect.

the time we perform understanging of users or participants we become aware of what between qualitative and quantitative data to be collected easily or difficultily and this makes us to well chose which kind of data collection method to use during our data collection with the people.

Understanding your users will not only ensure you collect enough data, but additionally create a good relationship that contributes to the quality of your data. Users enables one to further understand the context and this ensures there is no biasness throughout the project lifecycle.

Understanding your audience is important for data collection functions. It can really be frustrating for data collectors once in the field before realizing that tools did not capture the local context or the literacy level of the target respondents. Even if you can understand the local language of the community, it can still be a challenge to gather useful data from respondents if the questions asked are beyond their level of comprehension.

IT IS BEST TO UNDERSTAND OUR PARTICIPANTS IN DATA COLLECTION, SO AS TO AVOID ISSUES OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY BARRIER.

Understanding the Users:

1. when you understand the users helps the M&E team to design the data collection tools in a way that it will be acceptable and easy to capture the required information

2. Also the cost of time used when developing the tools is maximized since the ones developing the tools will already have the ideas on how the tool can be developed to match their users

3. Also when the tools has been implemented the M&E finds it easy to strategize ways on how to analyze the collected data since they already understand the nature of thier users

Understandings of the respondents are the critical phase before preparation of design of instruments. It's critical to do both of the following to make sure your data collection techniques are effective for the population you are gathering data from: Before creating the tools, be aware of the team you'll be working with and Keep an eye on the data collecting process to spot any unforeseen problems.

Data is vital to successful participant management, and there are two types of data you need to have on your radar. Firstly, identifying your participant and their influence, secondly, understanding the data that will explain the progress of your project in a meaningful way. You can identify your participant by brainstorming, relying on your experience, conducting interviews, doing some research and so on.

Before data collection you need to understand the user expectations first you need to know who are your stakeholders these are people who are affected by your project or who have the power to affect it. These can be program staff, beneficiaries or donors. You need to know how they will use the data. Do they have specific questions, when will they need it, and how would they like the data to be presented. Sometimes your users might also have unrealistic expectations so you need to be honest with them and raise the issue before the project start to avoid disappointments.

Great points to take note of.. it is important we take into consideration the sociocultural composition of
our target population before selecting the instrument and data collection method to be used

When designing data collection tools, we need to understand the group of people you will be working with before designing the tools. The demographics or language barrier may need you to use different data collection processes or tools to fit that certain environment

It is important to understand your user to avoid careless mistakes.
The approach will be different for a different group of people from a different place.
understand their culture and respect it, understand their education background.
It may not always be the case where you use the same data collection tool in all groups.

It is important to understand your user to avoid careless mistakes.
The approach will be different for a different group of people from a different place.
understand their culture and respect it, understand their education background.
It may not always be the case where you use the same data collection tool in all groups.

It is important to understand your user to avoid careless mistakes.
The approach will be different for a different group of people from a different place.
understand their culture and respect it, understand their education background.
It may not always be the case where you use the same data collection tool in all groups.

It is important to understand your user to avoid careless mistakes.
The approach will be different for a different group of people from a different place.
understand their culture and respect it, understand their education background.
It may not always be the case where you use the same data collection tool in all groups.

It is important to understand your user to avoid careless mistakes.
The approach will be different for a different group of people from a different place.
understand their culture and respect it, understand their education background.
It may not always be the case where you use the same data collection tool in all groups.

The tools can be changed by only focusing on collecting relevant data.

very interesting because the knowledge of your stakeholders matters the most

Before deciding on which data collection tool to use, the monitoring and evaluation team should understand their participants.

It is really important to understand the people to whom the data matters so that you collect the data that suits their needs and expectations without raising so many issues.

I see observing need an expert monitore otherwise it has higher chance to collect Baise information, you might mistaken because of their culture and tradition of people..

I can see that even though a great deal of time may be spent on planning the M&E processes; implementers should always be flexible to adjust their tools and processes in the course of the project to get the desired results. Tools should be living documents that can be changed to suit the current data needs of the project.

for any data collection process to be successful and relevant, one should understand data users. all aspects should be well clearly addressed, being it social aspects, cultural and social class.
this helps a lot because the questions or data collecting materials will be structured in a way that they don't leave anyone behind. i.e. language well understood norms and other issues that may affect quality data collection.
quality data that is valid and reliable will thus be collected.

I think this is a common mistake when collecting data, where the program person undermines how the difference in target population can affect the data. Therefore, I agree that when designing a good data collection tool asking critical question to get a better understanding of the group is important, interacting and observations are also vital in helping to formulate the best data collection tool for a certain target group.

Understanding I think is very important as it will decrease the unnecessary conflict around the people that are be interviewed and it will make things easier as time would be no time to waste. So understanding language will make it more easy because you would not think or draw your conclusions just because of communication barriers but you be able to write exactly what has been said and with a good understanding.
Observations
You can not just come and interview people without observing the place and seeing that the place you want to visit and interview is with the right people or population or not before you even start the research. It Al's important to observe the place find all the necessary information before the process can even start.

Understanding I think is very important as it will decrease the unnecessary conflict around the people that are be interviewed and it will make things easier as time would be no time to waste. So understanding language will make it more easy because you would not think or draw your conclusions just because of communication barriers but you be able to write exactly what has been said and with a good understanding.
Observations
You can not just come and interview people without observing the place and seeing that the place you want to visit and interview is with the right people or population or not before you even start the research. It Al's important to observe the place find all the necessary information before the process can even start.

Understanding I think is very important as it will decrease the unnecessary conflict around the people that are be interviewed and it will make things easier as time would be no time to waste. So understanding language will make it more easy because you would not think or draw your conclusions just because of communication barriers but you be able to write exactly what has been said and with a good understanding.
Observations
You can not just come and interview people without observing the place and seeing that the place you want to visit and interview is with the right people or population or not before you even start the research. It Al's important to observe the place find all the necessary information before the process can even start.

In this module i have learn many things like Data collection who are my stakeholders and review of data collection like surveys and focus groups interviews .

there are many methods available. They vary in their cost, availability, technical difficulty and the type of data that they collect. about the understanding Yours users, You can anticipate and avoid many problems by learning about the group of people from whom you will be gathering data

it is important understanding yours users for planning a good data collection

it is a very important issue in research and especially for collecting data in the community that we are going to work.

Understanding your participants is very important because if issues arise with data collection, the graph will be skewed and wrong conclusions will be made which may not favor the population for which the researcher had good intentions for. incomplete or invalid data can affect the data analysis. hence, the need for understanding the target population and identifying adequate tool for data collection.

This is a valid point and I follow your line of thought.

It is so important to get to understand those whom you will be collecting data from so as to choose the most suitable method that applies to them.

It is important your participants so that you get quality data from their replies.

In developing country mostly use their mother language. We're collect the data, questions are clear understand.

I think it a good concept to understand your users before you start collecting data because by so doing it will help to avert issue in the field.

Basic mobile phones?
Feature phones? Smartphones?
Computers?

Sometimes we think about what are our needs as an organization that needs to respond to our donor, and forget about the community or beneficiaries needs and preferences. It is really important for us to make them understand that we care about their opinions, and it is also important to make them feel that way in order to gather better data.

To avoid the issues mentioned, we first did a field study to better understand the social norms within the group and then we planned our interactions with the stakeholders accordingly

to collect data, it is necessary to know the target, to observe the target well, its functioning, its habits.

The mastery of technology is important in an online data management mechanism. It is therefore necessary that the actors of the system are well trained and used to the technology

Before designing tools or collecting data it's important to understand the people you are working with. This will help ensure you avoid mistakes. People react to different things or differently. You need to understand the cultural preference, language spoken, literacy level etc of the people you are working with.

Understanding users of planned data collection tools cannot be overemphasised. While it could be tempting for researchers and M&E specialists to decide on using one common language in the tool, succumbing to this enticement would seriously affect relationship with potential participants and type of data collected. For example, in a cohort study I was engaged in the past, the main language of the questionnaire was in English. It was translated into the national language of the country. While the national language was generally understood in the rest of the country, this language was mostly used by people in the Northern region. There was another major language used in the Southern region. For this reason, the questionnaire was further translated into the language generally used in this part of the country. Based on this experience, I could say that questions were better administered by the data collectors and were easy for all respondents to answer, resulting to quality data. While this is just one scenario, it still displays the value of understanding the users of the data collection tools.

still is the issues of competency and understanding, for you to start collecting any data you have to make a surveying the type of people you are dealing with, are they literarily or not in term of understanding the type of information that you are collecting, you have to understand there culture, educational and demographic characteristics of people leaving in that area. by knowing this it will help you to avoid collecting wrong information

Before starting of communicating questions to audinces, the enumerator or data collection tool designer should test questions by asking few audinces. This will allow the enumerator or data collection designer to adjust and adapt questions to the context.

Usually, for monitoring and evaluation purpose I conduct survey for collecting of quatitative data. To have more detail information I also moderate at least two focus group discussions (FGDs) considering the number of whole population. Additionally, in monitoring of agriculture projects I by deploying field based officers observe some agriculture fields.

Usually, for monitoring and evaluation purpose I conduct survey for collecting of quatitative data. To have more detail information I also moderate at least two focus group discussions (FGDs) considering the number of whole population. Additionally, in monitoring of agriculture projects I by deploying field based officers observe some agriculture fields.

As a data collector you need to study the type of people before you start your journey to the process of collecting the data.beside when you go to the community first thing,is to see the chief or assemblyman of that community first by asking of him and also do community entry before you think of starting,with the help of theAssembly man or who so ever be that person can help you with much informstion about the people.which will make your work less stressful.

Collecting data should take in consideration not only cultural aspects, level of education etc., but also data protection legislation from respective country. Data protection rules became stronger during last years and in some countries even signature is considered confidential data and could not be obtained (for example, for list of the event participants).

to understand your uses is the first key you have to use in the process of setting data collection tools must be used by the field office.

to use basic mobile phone in data collection is very important because data direct saved in data base management system.

to use basic mobile phone in data collection is very important because data direct saved in data base management system.

he more you get to know and understand your current and potential members, the greater chance you have of providing them with a positive experience. Everyone who plays sport, participates in physical activity, coaches or volunteers does so for different reasons. There is lots of research around why people take part in sport. Once you understand these motivations (and there can be several for one person) you can start to create a positive environment that people want to be part of. Likewise, by identifying what might prevent them from participating in your sport or joining your club, you can start to address these barriers and make your club a more welcoming place that they want to be part of.

Digital assessment is the presentation of assessment, for judging student achievement, managed through the medium of digital technologies such as computers and Internet.

Using a digital form of assessment, all students have to answer the same questions and everyone has a voice. The students will also get immediate or quick feedback so that they can adjust their learning. Students can also take charge of their own learning.

Every part of data collection is sensitive.

Nowadays questionnaires by sms, mails etc. are treated as spam. Probably we need to look for other methods for obtaining a good result.

Understanding your project participants helps the project team to carefully choose the right data collection method and tool.

It is very important to take into account the understanding of the participating community because of its positive effect on the accuracy of the data, as well as giving flexibility to the method of collecting data. For example, if the method used to collect data is a questionnaire, then the understanding of the target community makes answering some questions not obligatory and gives flexibility to the questionnaire.

It very important to understand the population you are attempting to collect data from. Using the wrong data collection tool can put a hold on the entire study.

In collecting data the participants would have to be understood so that the data collection method to be used will be effective. The language they speak and the proficiency level in the language must be considered., their literacy rate to determine if a written method of data collection would be used and their beliefs about interacting with strangers have to be considered also.

understanding the stakeholders involved in project is a critical step in better preparing the data collection process, it will help the M&E team better understand how to proceed and which kind of tool or language would better be to gather the maximum of essential information.

Understand your participants your are surveying a group of high income. even if you were interested in gathering the exact some type of data from each of these group of people. your approach data collection would need to be different. understand the group of people you are working with before designing the tools. monitor data collection to see whether unexpected issues.

consider how each stakeholder or group of stake might use dat. to answer many of these managing stakeholder expectations about m&e. the organization to collect an unrealistic amount of data to use