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                    <h3 class="mega_title text-center"><b>Welcome to the DIME Wiki</b></h3>
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                        <p>The <strong>DIME Wiki</strong> is a <strong>public good</strong> developed and maintained by <strong>DIME Analytics</strong>. The <strong>DIME Wiki</strong> is designed for researchers and M&E specialists at the World Bank, as well as clients, donor institutions, universities, NGOs, and governments. The <strong>DIME Wiki</strong> is a collaborative, open-source resource that presents guidelines that are easy to understand and apply for users of varying levels of expertise. </p>
                        <p style="color:black;text-align:center;"><b>This landing page offers links to several curated categories that users may find helpful, as well as our narrative  [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35594 Handbook].</b></p>
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'''Welcome to the DIME Wiki!'''
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We have organized the Wiki in Chapters. Each chapter has a few high level topics. All pages on this Wiki is organized into one of those high level topics. It is always good to start by reading the page associated with the high level task.
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= Chapter 1: Data Work Management =
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                        <h3 class="mega_title text-center"><b>About DIME and DIME Analytics</b></h3>
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[https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/unit-dec/impactevaluation/dime-analytics DIME Analytics] creates tools that improve the quality of impact evaluation research for all. We take advantage of the concentration and scale of research at DIME to develop and test solutions to ensure data work quality across our portfolio, and to make public training and tools available to the larger community of development researchers who might not have the same capabilities.


This chapter relates to general skills in relation to data work, such as how to you organize you data folder so that all members of your team can collaborate on the data work. It also includes
[https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/dime DIME] is the World Bank’s impact evaluation department. Part of DIME’s mission is to intensify the production of, and access to, public goods that improve the quantity and quality of global development research, while lowering the costs of performing impact evaluations for the entire research community. The <strong>DIME Wiki</strong> aims to further this initiative, and is funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office through the i2i Trust Fund.
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== Project Folder Management ==
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We have a standardized folder structure that we want all DIME projects to follow.
 
== Stata Coding ==
 
Best practices and style guides
 
== Questionnaire Coding ==
 
Best practices and style guides for SurveyCTO
 
=  Chapter 2: Data Sources =
 
This chapter deals with the types of data sources we work with at DIME and the best practices associated with each of them
 
== Household Surveys ==
 
Everything from survey management, questionnaire development, to processes for data quality assurance
 
== New Sources of Data ==
 
Big data, geo data etc. What have we done and what resources do we have?
 
== Admin Data and other data collected by others ==
 
Best practices for integrating data not collected by us
 
=  Chapter 3: Data Curation - From Raw Data to Final Outputs =
 
This chapter deals with each stage of the data work of a typical impact evaluation. While this chapter takes the perspective of the a SurveyCTO/Stata environment, much of what is written here is still useful if you are using other tools for your data work.
 
== Data Import  ==
 
Import from different raw formats to Stata's .dta format.
 
== Data Validation and Cleaning ==
 
Data validation and cleaning goes hand in hand. Use your critical thinking when validating the data
 
== Constricting variables and data sets for Analysis ==
 
After cleaning we need to construct the averages, aggregates, ratios, categories etc. that we will use in analysis. We also need to creaet the data sets needed such as panel data sets from multiple rounds of data.
 
== Data Analysis and Presentation of Results ==
 
General advice for analysis and outputting the results. The purpose of this topic is not give you any advise on how to analyse your data, but to give advise on how to implement your analysis after you have made a plan for how to analyse your data.

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Welcome to the DIME Wiki

The DIME Wiki is a public good developed and maintained by DIME Analytics. The DIME Wiki is designed for researchers and M&E specialists at the World Bank, as well as clients, donor institutions, universities, NGOs, and governments. The DIME Wiki is a collaborative, open-source resource that presents guidelines that are easy to understand and apply for users of varying levels of expertise.

This landing page offers links to several curated categories that users may find helpful, as well as our narrative Handbook.

Cross-cutting Resources

Stata Coding Practices
SurveyCTO Coding Practices
Check Lists


Download the Dime Analytics Data Handbook

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About DIME and DIME Analytics

DIME Analytics creates tools that improve the quality of impact evaluation research for all. We take advantage of the concentration and scale of research at DIME to develop and test solutions to ensure data work quality across our portfolio, and to make public training and tools available to the larger community of development researchers who might not have the same capabilities.

DIME is the World Bank’s impact evaluation department. Part of DIME’s mission is to intensify the production of, and access to, public goods that improve the quantity and quality of global development research, while lowering the costs of performing impact evaluations for the entire research community. The DIME Wiki aims to further this initiative, and is funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office through the i2i Trust Fund.

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