Field Management

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• Field management is a key piece of any evaluation; it ensures timely, consistent and accurate data collection.
• Insufficient supervision of field management aspects can result into systematic errors in the dataset and biased estimators.

Guidelines

Essential steps for good field management include:

• Developing clear, detailed Survey Protocols
• Creating a Data Quality Assurance Plan
• Conducting Back Checks
• Monitoring Data Quality while data collection is ongoing

Additional Resources

• DIME's Planning for, Preparing & Monitoring Household Surveys
• Enumerator Training
• Preparing for Data Collection
• Preparing for the survey checklist
• Random Audio Audits
• Checklist: Preparing for a Survey Pilot
• Field Coordinator
• Piloting Survey Protocols
• Structuring a Survey Pilot
• Survey Budget
• Survey Firm
• Survey Firm Procurement
• Survey Firm TOR
• Survey Pilot
• Survey Pilot Participants
• Survey Protocols
• Timeline of Survey Pilot
• Training Guidelines: Content and Structure