Using diaries to collect data

Using diaries to collect data in resource-poor settings: questions on design and implementation.

Diaries, as a tool for data collection, have been around for some time. Lessons shared to date come from disparate settings and there remains a degree of ambiguity regarding the value of diaries, particularly in resource-poor settings where populations are often illiterate and highly mobile. We recently designed a pictorial diary for the collection of data on household consumption and expenditu...

Using Personal Digital Assistants to Collect Survey Data

New technologies for computer-assisted survey information collection (CASIC) are being developed as graphical user interfaces, mouse/pen-based computing, handwriting recognition, hand-held computers, and use of the Interact become more widespread (Connett, Mockovak and Uglow, 1994; Gilluly, 1994; Nichols and Apple, 1994; Shanks, 1994; Forster and Snow, 1995; Hansen, 1996). The utility of these ...

Using Internet/Intranet Web Pages to Collect Organizational Research Data

Why Collect Retrospective Data ?

Tablet-based Data Collection 1 Using Tablets to Collect Data from Young Children

Mobile, touch-screen devices are increasingly ubiquitous in children’s lives. The extensive use of such devices provides both a challenge and an opportunity for developmental psychologists. While more research is needed to understand the nature and consequences of young children’s interactions with such devices, they nevertheless present an exciting opportunity for data collection. We describe ...