Scrum is a manner in which to accomplish goals, deliver products to a client and/or stakeholders, primarily in the Tech industry. More and more however, Scrum practices in part or in whole, have been successfully utilized to leverage Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles. Events such as the...
The motivation behind the Grad22 platform started with a simple problem - how to get students at universities and other higher education institutions more real-world experience. Traditional internships cover only a fraction of the student body owing to their high overheads, including physical...
The protection of staff and respondents who participate in our research is of highest priority for J-PAL. As of March 17, J-PAL has therefore suspended all research activities that contribute to in-person interactions in order to limit COVID-19 spread. Many other research organizations have done so...
If you have looked at last year’s Nobel prize winners work in economics you will realize that it is heavily dependent on good quality primary data that is collected through in-person household interviews in developing countries. Over the last few weeks, as the COVID-19 crisis escalated, most...
The Part 1 Sampling Mode post discussed the different reasons for doing a phone survey in response to Covid-19, how to get a sample for a mobile phone survey, and the three modes of conducting these surveys (CATI, IVR and SMS). Today we focus on a range of practical issues and steps you can take to...
COVID-19 has ground many surveys to a halt. Although COVID-19 is less prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (for now, at least), researchers have suspended face-to-face surveys to prevent the spread of the pandemic. The rapid and devastating spread of COVID-19 suggests that face-to-face...
The past few weeks have seen a massive increase in interest in mobile phone surveys as researchers and operational teams aim to better understand the various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the scale of this pandemic is unique, past experience with rapid response surveys in response to Ebola...
Modern technology has opened up opportunities for collecting survey data throughout the world. Today, there are multiple methods for conducting survey-based market research and the most appropriate mode for any given project is determined by various factors. GeoPoll clients come to us because there...
Within the research and evaluation world, the use of remote data collection, especially with the use of ICTs, has become increasingly prevalent. It provides us with the opportunity to gather primary data in contexts where it is not possible to have direct interaction with respondents, e.g., during...