1.7 + 1.8 + 1.9 Flashcards
What are the stages of Field Work? (5)
- Work Planning
- Selection of field staff
- Field staff training
- Supervised and controlled fieldwork
- Evaluation of fieldwork
What do you do in phase 1 ‘Field Work Planning’ (2)
→ Temporary distribution of work
→ Determine the number of interviewers needed
What do you do in phase 2 ‘Selections of Field Staff’ (3)
→ Define the actions to be carried out by field staff
→ Know the characteristics candidates must meet
→ Selection according to certain characteristics e.g. communication skills, character, physical appearance
What do you do in phase 3 ‘training of interviewers’
→ 2 types of training
Which 2 types of training are there
General training and Specific training
What do you do in general training? (5)
→ Get the first contact
→ Select the interviewee
→ Correct form to conduct the questions
→ Expansions of responses
→ Methods of registration of answers
What do you do in specific training for a project (6)
→ Objectives of the study
→ Composition and size of the sample
→ Reading and commenting on the questionnaire
→ Instructions for the interviewers
→ Places and moments of selection of interviewees
→ Control and supercision methods
What is the purpose of phase 4 of the fieldwork ‘control and supervision of fieldwork’
to check and verify the data collection
What do you do in phase 4 ‘control and supervision of fieldwork’ (3)
- control questionnaires fully completed
- monitor validity of the information collected from the questionnaires
- supervise and control methods
What is the purpose of phase 5: evaluation of field work
Measure the profitability and quality of the interviewers and their work.
What are 4 ways you can measure the profitability and quality of your work.
→ Economic: cost per valid interview
→ Temporary: valid questionnaires per temporary unit
→ False Interviewee: evaluate the quality of the interviewer
→ IT Incidents
What are the 4 steps of data analysis?
- encoding
- tabulation
- processing-analysis
- interpretation of results
What do you do in step 1 of data analysis ‘encoding and recording’ (2)
- edit raw data: check missing data or omission in forms, legibility, consistency, and classification → correct errors before transferring the data to the computer
- define categories and response codes.
What are codes?
The rules for interpreting, classifying, recording, and transferring data to storage media.
What do you do in step 2 of data analysis ‘tabulation’
Creation of the definitive database with which the subsequent analysis will be carried out
