The Ten Beads Method: A Novel Way to Collect Quantitative Data in Rural Uganda
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ABSTRACT This paper illustrates how locally appropriate methods can be used to collect quantitative data from illiterate respondents. This method uses local beads to represent quantities, which is a novel yet potentially valuable methodological improvement over standard Western survey methods.
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