1 / 9

Where to collect data- Who to Survey and Interview

Where to collect data- Who to Survey and Interview. Lineth Oyugi. Surveys. cross-sectional:

yeo-walsh
Download Presentation

Where to collect data- Who to Survey and Interview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Where to collect data- Who to Survey and Interview LinethOyugi

  2. Surveys • cross-sectional: • Cross-sectional analysis studies the relationship between different variables at a point in time. It analyses how variables affect each other at a particular time and period.  A cross-sectional design provides a snapshot of the variables included in the study at one particular point in time, revealing how those variables are represented in a cross-section of a population • Longitudinal

  3. WHO TO SURVEY • Before knowing who to survey, understand: • The genesis of the fund • The source of funding • The objectives of the fund • for example in Kenya the bursary fund has the following objectives • enhance access, • ensure retention and • reduce disparities and inequalities in the provision of secondary school education • Target Groups • students from poor families, • those in slum areas, • those living under difficult conditions, • those from pockets of poverty in high potential areas, districts in Arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) • orphans and the girl child.

  4. WHO TO SURVEY • To identify who to survey, one needs to map the resources. • Once the funds are allocated by the ministry of finance, who receives the money • Get the information on how much was allocated/ budgetary allocation; how much was actually transferred to the ministry responsible to education/health • What methodology/criteria is used to allocate resources to the service providers/lower level units • Collect information on the criteria/collect information on how much was allocated to lower level units for the years you are tracking • Do an analysis to ensure that what was allocated by the ministry of finance is actually what was received by the ministry of education • Do another analysis to ensure that what was allocated by the ministry of finance has all been allocated to the lower level units- one can indentify leakages at this level/ administrative costs

  5. WHO TO SURVEY CONT’ • From the ministry of finance where is the money transferred to: District; constituency; schools • Who receives the money? • Are there guidelines on what to do with the money? • Study the guidelines • How is the money redistributed at the lower level units • Check to confirm that in redistributing money, the guidelines are followed. • How much money is provided for administration at this level? How much Is actually used? What are the implications? • How much is actually given to service providers/beneficiaries • Is all the money given out? Can the variation be accounted for by the bank balances at this level? Get the statements, seek for clarification on why balances are maintained • Do an analysis between the figures collected at the Ministry and the figures collected at the lower level units: check for any leakages at this point

  6. WHO TO SURVEY CONT’ • Once the money is allocated at the lower level units, who receives the money: service provider/beneficiary • How is the money given: cheques, inter bank transfer/cash • Who signs for the money/acknowledgement/ how • Get the actually figure that is transferred to the service provider/ beneficiary • Move to the service provider/beneficiary • Confirm that the funds that were transferred is actually what was received • Interview both the survey provider and the beneficiaries • Do an assessment of how much the services are supposed to cost and how much has been given

  7. Who to survey: data triangulation • Once resources have been given, they are accounted for by the service providers • Look at the actual data reported by the ministry on the fund • Districts/constituencies also make quarterly/annual reports to the provincial directors/ministry • Use this records data to triangulate the information collected from the field

  8. Who to survey: identifying where data must be collected/who to interview. • Identify the nodes in the chain. For example, in Kenya the SBF: • Ministry of education: director of education (qualitative data) • Provincial director of education (qualitative data) • District education officer: area education officer/treasurer/secretary of committees (qualitative and quantitative data) • School principals/service providers (qualitative and quantitative data) • Beneficiaries (qualitative and quantitative data)

  9. Types of Data • Qualitative method • Desk research • Use of Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) • Quantitative method • Quantitative research allows for the complete gathering of statistical data that is easy to analyse and interpreted.

More Related