...proven, comprehensive quality control testing is predicated on statistical best practices, going beyond standard field monitoring and on-site back-checking to assure data integrity, reliability and accuracy. Our quality control process includes a combination of the following: Questionnaire design and review Pilot testing Regular and comprehensive interviewer training In-person supervision of interviews Random in-person back-checks where a supervis...
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...llenges. Lack of geographic information such as house numbers meant that a best-practice, culturally sensitive approach for tracking and locating respondents had to be followed over the duration of the study: this included collecting information about multiple friends and family members, ongoing contacts between interviews, and use of non-traditional contact sources, such as village elders and religious leaders. Some patients were issued cell phon...
...se a mobile device say it enhances the quality of their life. [1] The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later (2006-2012). USAID Report. Online: http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1871/The%20State%20of%20Telecoms%20and%20Internet%20%20in%20Afghanistan%20(2006-2012)%20Low-Res.pdf....
...sults and data are free and publicly available on The Asia Foundation’s website. In addition, a conversation about the survey’s findings has been occurring on Twitter, marked with #AfghanSurvey. The past year has been a challenging one for Afghanistan, and this is reflected in this year’s findings. 2015 has seen economic decline, heightened Taliban activity, and the emergence of Da’esh (ISIS) following the withdrawal of most U.S. and NATO forces a...