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Gotten some insight and can attempt data collection now.

Gotten some insight and can attempt data collection now.

Gotten some insight and can attempt data collection

Gotten some insight and can attempt data collection

As part of monitoring our data collection tools for our assistance project for begging and displaced children, we are having difficulty filling in the telephone numbers which are still almost missing. We replace by the GPS location references.

This topic is much of data collection tools. The data collection tools discussed include surveys, focused group, interviews, observations etcetera, and you will use them depending on your project materials and funds available. It is very vital to note that the cultural, educational and demographic characteristics of people matter in data collection. Data collection tools developed in one cultural context cannot always be imported into a different context.

Understanding the data collection participants help the M&E person to choose the the appropriate method for data collection

In most times whenever data collection misunderstanding occurs by respondents, it is a good idea to use and advisable to mix up the data collection method. Quantitative and qualitative data collection method to augument the disadvantage the other. It also helps to trinagulate the validity od the data collected.

It's very true that we should be considerate when dealing with target audienxes

This is a vital stage as it helps the clients relax as we proceed

Having an understanding of our client cannot be underestimated in the collection and use of data. It makes for confidence and familiarity.

These are indeed pertinent questions.

These are indeed pertinent questions.

These are indeed pertinent questions.

quotes are very key in qualitative analysis... this serves as evidence and not just conclusion of the analyst.

Understanding your participants is important in data collection.

The project I want to carry out is with health workers i.e doctors and nurses. And since they are professionals, I will not have issues with language and their literacy levels. I can easily reach them via sms or emails since majority of them have smart phones and have access to computers.

The issues that are arising now adays is of how educated and u understanding are the people of the community when getting interviewed, which is all data use to interview are the only once that help all the method in access to what that interviewer wants to ask and know about a specific individual. The tool you can use to prevent this issues are likely you just need to go with the standard of how it starts and keep on moving that way in other to make your work easier.

hello am excited to know more about this Module.

can anticipate and avoid many problems by learning about the group of people from whom you will be gathering data. Here are a few questions worth investigating before you design a data collection tool:

What language(s) do these people speak?
What is the average level of language proficiency?
What is the literacy rate for this population?
Which languages can people read? Write?
What is the culturally preferred method of communication? For example, would people from this group generally be comfortable talking to a stranger in public, or would a private phone conversation be preferred? Would it be appropriate for a person of one gender to interview a person of another gender?
What proportion of people from this population have access to technologies such as…
Basic mobile phones?
Feature phones? Smartphones?
Computers?
Email?
SMS?
How skilled are people in this population using these technologies?
Some of this information—such as languages spoken and literacy level—can be found in public data sets, such as census records. For other information, consider spending some time speaking with members of the target population, local experts, and program staff.

What you learn about this group will inform your data collection tool choice and design. For example, if you are working with individuals with low levels of literacy, distributing written surveys will not be a good option. If you are working with a group of people who generally are not comfortable speaking with strangers alone in public, you may need to arrange for chaperones, parents, or other people to be present.

people may also have different beliefs and cultures, so we need to also be aware of these partern so as to make better informed choices when using our data collection tools.

That is very true Sir

The aspect of understanding your participants before designing your tools is very important.

Understanding users is one of the most important factors in data collection. Understanding the users will help us to select the monitoring tool method to interact with them and gather accurate data.
For that purpose, one need to spend some time with the users to make sure their values and way of understanding. The data tool making can only be possible if the users or group of users are identified.

Indeed it is important to understand the users before designing a data collecting tool.

Indeed! you need to understand the people whom you are gathering data from.

Cultural context in which you collect data from is very important.

It is very important to know the environment and the people to be investigated

Basic rules of identifying specific users are cultural diversity, religion, demographics, education, and others that best fit to the M&E process of data collection. An information should be gathered first to know the background and dynamics of the population in order to gain or have best quality of data output. Understanding the dynamics of the users would really help on the outcome of the M&E process as we can easily get the best data that we are looking for.

Basic rules of identifying specific users are cultural diversity, religion, demographics, education, and others that best fit to the M&E process of data collection. An information should be gathered first to know the background and dynamics of the population in order to gain or have best quality of data output. Understanding the dynamics of the users would really help on the outcome of the M&E process as we can easily get the best data that we are looking for.

Its important to understand the categories of people who will need to use your data once collected. Different end users require different types of data and for different purposes and therefore will have an influence on how you collect the data, what tools you use to collect the data, the type of data and howoften this data will be collected.

To have a grasp, to be fully aware, to have thorough knowledge of what the users need/want and how to solve the problems in other to be able to get them preferable solutions

Having full knowledge of what the users needs/want

Having full knowledge of what the users needs/want

Having full knowledge of what the users needs/want

Having full knowledge of what the users needs/want

Having full knowledge of what the users needs/want

Knowing fully or having idea of what the user wants or need in other to be able to solve their problems

Knowing fully or having idea of what the user wants or need in other to be able to solve their problems

Having full knowledge or ideas of the user's problem and knowing how to fix them

Every six weeks local facilitators submitted their forms to their supervisor. supervisors aggregated the data for their district and submitted report to the provincial level where our M/E staff did data entry, data cleaning and validation. finally this data was shared with the central office. In addition to facilitating the community dialogue session each facilitator was responsible for collecting data about their participant. we design a form which asked the facilitator record who was present at the session as well as some basic information about the participants such as age sex etc the M/E team taught the facilitators how to fill the from.

It is important to understand even the smallest stakeholder. The contribution by anyone cannot be underestimated

We must carefully study our beneficiaries and needs before choosing a data collection method

To get the exact place or address we can make use of the latest GPS technology.
To get the exact names or date of birth we can refer to the Government IDs such as voter id or Aadhar card etc
To avoid political issues we can go for focused group discussions than individual survey or interview

Understanding participants would be very important. This is because these are people who provide the information we want. If they are misunderstood the likelihood of getting inaccurate data would be very high.

after thorough observing my target group, i will choose the best method that suit thier status at the same anabling me obating enough needed iformation.

Understanding your users is a very vital thing to consider before implementing and research work in order to effectively obtain good result from organization study on a certain project.

It is essential to understand our users, as we need to specify our data collection tools, methods accordingly. If we are trying to bring a group of 8 to 12 people for a "Focus Group Discussion" and if the donor stated that we need to involve community members from religious leaders, female leaders, transgender community leaders in a tribal area, this can not be done in one group, as we have done our research and found out that female members of community can not be in the same room with male members, than we can have seperate focus group discussions for religious male leaders, female community members and transgender community members as an example.

I have learned many data collecting methos,survey collects both the qualitative and quantitative data,foused group disccusion collects qualitative data,interview collect qualitative data,observation collects both qualitative and quantitave,document review among others.they are two types of data qualitative and quantitative.
qualitative data collects data that can be expressed in wordsfor example indinidual feeling,attitudes and behaviours and quantitative data is expredded in numbers e.g 40 students failed exams.

It's very important to understanding your users or sometimes we called them target audience.
Because language usage is very important in collecting data from your target audience, also their level of education, also the technology they are used to. Although nowadays with the phones are very familiar no matter their level of education.
The most important thing is the language usage in collecting the data.

That is very important in data collection.

Absolutely true

Very correct

In summary, to ensure that your data collection tools work well for the group of people you are collecting data from, it is important to understand the group of participants before designing the data, by finding out about them (language spoken, literacy rate, method of communication, etc.), and then monitor the data collection to correct any failures in the process that have not been anticipated.

This topic made me understand the usefulness of understanding what your donors, executives, program managers, partners and governmental agencies need. It explained the ways one can choose the best method of data collection and based on which data they are collecting. This module gives a guide on survey questions formulation. It states what should or should not be included , depending on who are are going to be collecting the data from. This module also gives a guide and understanding on participants cultural orientation, languages they are familiar with, most effective ways of communication, level of literacy and technical literacy.

Understanding your users is very important and how will you address issues with users who have to be asked personal questions with someone else present?

It is important to understand users language, culture and religious norms for a smooth data collection process.

To ensure that your data collection tools work well for the group of people you are collecting the data from, it is important that you understand the group of people you will be working with before designing the tool. and monitor the data collection to see if whether unexpected issues arises. to avoid many problems, you can learn about the group of people you are gathering data from

Understanding users will really help on how the data collecting tool can be designed and how the items to be on the tool must be to suit the level of the people you will work with during data collection.

Understanding your target population is very important. Helps in deciding the tools to deploy in collecting relevant data for the project.

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The issues raised in the discussion are of great concern when conducting research. It is important to always study the research participants. The issues of educational level and cultural believes of participates generally will hinder the type of data collection tool. Therefore, it is equally important to consider the issue of educational level and cultural believes of participants in order to design data collection tools that will not be affected by the issues raised. Data collection tools may be changed by studying and observing participants and see to it what may affect the data collection process.

Understanding your participation which we have understanding and observing under M and E

It is paramount to understand the users because in the case of diverse group within the same target populace.

It is key to understand the cultures/beliefs/affiliations of a group from whom data is collected in order to align the research with conscious data collection to avoid any problems.

Yes is very important to understand what kind of the users will going to use the data and what kind of the method required during the data collection

It is very critical to understand on whom the data collections tools are going to be used to ensure that they are tailor made to avoid any lapses during the process.

The survey data collection method has been widely used because it encourages privacy. Respondents tends not to talk about some sensitive things or answer some sensitive questions especially when data collection methods like Focus group, Interview or community workshop is used. Qualitative data might not be ensured. Therefore, if other data collection methods is a necessity, respondents should be ensured of privacy and to also avoid asking of sensitive information that might hurt their feelings

To understand what users you have during the M&E process is very vital for the organization

Undisputed matter to look after the nation of your country and serve them in many aspects

Understanding the uniqueness of our users will help us decide and design a data collection tool that will fetch accurate data for our program.

Surveys are most efficient mode of data collection in high literate areas.

Interviews are better where people prefer verbal communication

Observation is a better mode where the target respondents have visual impairment and hearing abnormalities.

To choose right data collect method is essential to determine accurate information

Understanding the study group is important in order to carry out data collection,the language the speak,cultural beliefs and literacy levels affect the tools used in the data collection.

During the Anza Mapema Project dealing with sexual transmission matters and of such related areas had difficulties for many residents in Kisumu.One of the reasons was due to their fear within the testing times and thinking of shame whenever the test results might be out.The Anza Mapema Project had tough and tiresome moments to bring the infected ones near them for the goals planned might be partially or fully fulfilled.

Understanding your participants or users is very important. I remember when we were gathering information for a particular purpose we realize that if your participants or users don't understand you likewise yourself, you end up collecting inaccurate data.

It is important to understand the group of people you will be working with before designing data tools.
Such as
What languages do these people speak.
Which languages can these people read or write
What is the average level of language proficiency.
What is the literacy rate for these target population.

What are the proportion of these population have access to technologies such as computers, smartphone, email or sms

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There are other participants that behave in a strange way every time you approach them just because they feel you are msking money on them. How do you help yourself in such cases?

Of course, many factors must be taken into account when filling out data or a questionnaire

Including the language factor, the ability to read, and even culture

As for the tools, the researcher must design a suitable data tool for the target group

Understanding your population as well as the sample is one of significant aspects of data quality and what makes sense in the context of a given project.

Understanding your participants is very important in data collection process because not all participants are the same.

The beneficiaries in my location do not speak English so I will need to translate whatever tool I use to the local language of Marathi. I will also have to build rapport through project staff and stakeholders to be able to do the interviews. Some of this is already in place.
Social change is the focus, female education attainment is what I aim to change and for that to happen I will need to build a good rapport with the decision makers in the family and also the adolescent girls who will be direct beneficiaries.

I will have to translate my questionnaire/ interview guide to suit the needs of my primary beneficiaries. My data collectors will have access to smartphones and are tech savvy.

To ensure that your data collection tools work well for the group of people you are collecting data from, it is important to both:

Understand the group of people you will be working with before designing the tools.
Monitor data collection to see whether unexpected issues arise.

As data gatherers, we should have a grasp about the minimum literacy level of the prospected participants. Questions to ponder include-- What is the literacy level of this community when I asked this "TOPIC"?; Could they do it through online mode?; Do I have enough resources?; Have I coordinated this with the leaders of the community to avoid ethical issues?

Does this come before designing a particular project? What if we are assigned to conduct M & E on a pre-existing project we have no prior knowledge about?

How do one collect data in a community that are hostile to strangers?

how do you get such address if the target population are nomadic? How do government keep track of their birth date if they give birth to children in their transitions

supposing that you are a stranger and do not understand the local language, how would you have communicated with them?

i tink its very good subjects

There have been a few places where the course mentions 'accuracy of data'. I am a bit confused on what this means and how to to go about making sure data in such tools like surveys, observation, etc... are accurate. I am hoping this will be taught later in the course.

To ensure that your data collection tools work well for the group of people you are collecting data from, it is important to both:

Understand the group of people you will be working with before designing the tools.
Monitor data collection to see whether unexpected issues arise.

Learning about the group of people from whom you will be gathering data is very critical to the data collection process.

I admire the way understanding was separated from observation. You'd think only understanding can help solve every question that the environment posits but observation is a ground breaker.

I admire the way understanding was separated from observation. You'd think only understanding can help solve every question that the environment posits but observation is a ground breaker.

Understanding your stakeholders (both participants in data collection and users of such data) is essential to seamless collection of data that will ensure realibility, acceptance and usability by all.