Presented by Phuong Pham, KoBo Research, at the June 2012 MEASURE GIS Working Group meeting.

1. www.kobotoolbox.org/
Phuong
Pham,
Ph.D.
Director
of
Evalua/on
and
Implementa/on
Science
Harvard
Humanitarian
Ini/a/ve
Dept.
of
Global
Health and Population, Harvard
School
of
Public
Health

2. Vulnerable Populations Program
• Digital
Data
Collec/on
• Conflict/Post-­‐Conflict
complex
environment
• Large
scale
surveys
on
violence
and
reconstruc/on
• >25,000
total
interviews
• Android-­‐based,
open-­‐source

3. Research
• Relevance
• Timing
• Language
• Communica/on
/
Release
– Academic
journal
vs.
public
report
• Results
as
Policy
Choices

4. Research Cycle
Consultation
Civil Society and Others
Impact of results - Existing Work
Information (data with a purpose) - Data Gap / Needs
Advocacy
Policy-Making
Evidence-based Decision Participation
Participatory Design of Instruments,
1. Methodology
Problem Statement
Understand
Identify
Ne
N e R e se
Capacity Building Refine
w
w
Research Development
Ide arch
Research Implementation
a
Data Analysis and Reporting
Advocacy
Decision-making 2.
4.
Plan, Design
Release
RESEARCH Who
Report
CYCLE How
Workshop
Where
Discussion
What
3.
Implementation
Figure by P. Vinck
Field Work
Participation
Interpretation of Results Collaboration / Contract
Joint recommendations Data Collection

6. Digital Data Collection
• BoPom-­‐up
/
field-­‐driven
development
• Faster
• Higher
quality
• Security
• Cost-­‐effec/ve

7. KoBo - Integrated DDC System
Research
Idea
KoBo
Formbuilder
(online/offline)
Reporting /
Mapping
KoBo
Collect for
Android
(Customization of
KoBo Open data Kit)
Aggregate
(online/offline)

8. KoBo Form Designer
• More
advanced
and
comprehensive
features
than
any
other
Xforms
construc/on
tools
• No
knowledge
of
KML
required
• Rich
interface
• Data
types
• Skip
logic
• Data
constraints
(Response
logic)
• Online/offline
• Integrated
validator
• E.g.
ODK
build
requires
entering
complex
statements

9. KoBo Collect
• Administra/ve
/
Field
interviewer
interfaces

10. KoBo Post-processor
• Widely
used
were
internet
connec/vity
is
low
• Offline
synchroniza/on
of
completed
surveys
• Version
management
(same
data
is
not
synchronized
twice)
• Flexible
(can
add
delete/ques/ons)
• Renames
survey
• Batchprocess
to
aggregate
in
portable
csv
• Standalone
or
with
KoBoFD

11. Rapid indicator Mapping
• Easily
create
and
share
hundreds
of
maps
from
single
survey
(geographic
distribu/on
of
characteris/cs)

12. KoBoMap
allows
you
to
display
the
results
of
your
research
on
a
map
with
user
selectable
indicators.

13. KoBoMap’s Display
User’s
can
select
a
given
indicator
from
all
available
indicators,
i.e.,
the
prevalence
of
a
given
ethnic
group.
KoBoMap updates to show the selected
indicator. The value is shown as a
number, and as a color, allowing easy
comparison to other map areas.
The selected indicator is
also shown as a
traditional graph. In this
example, the ethnic
group “Mano” is
highlighted and
compared to all other
groups.

14. www.peacebuildingdata.org/liberia/map