Designing and Conducting Surveys for Monitoring and Evaluation

COURSE TITLE: Designing and Conducting Surveys for Monitoring and Evaluation

Dates and registration links

13/02/2023 to 17/02/2023: https://bit.ly/3h7MyLX

22/05/2023 to 26/05/2023: https://bit.ly/3sU68xQ

04/09/2023 to 08/09/2023: https://bit.ly/3FDGZ1W

11/12/2023 to 15/12/2023: https://bit.ly/3h8xYU4

INTRODUCTION

This training course will demonstrate how a survey collects information from or about people to describe, compare, or explain their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. Contrary to a census, a survey usually collects data from a representative sample, from which researchers generalize about the whole population.

DURATION

5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;

• To learn how to develop a Monitoring & Evaluation system for designing and conducting surveys
• To set objectives for data collection with credibility and precision
• To gain hands on experience in real case studies approach

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1

Introduction to Survey

• What is a survey
• Types of surveys
• Setting objectives for information collection
• Designing the study

Module 2

Choosing the appropriate evaluation design

• Mixed-methods designs
• Attribution, contribution and the importance of the counterfactual
• Equity-focused evaluation at the policy level
• Equity-focused evaluation at the project and programme levels
• Feasibility analysis

Module 3

Why and when is a survey used?

• When and how should a survey be used?
• Pre-conditions of the survey for its use in evaluation?
• Why use a survey in evaluations?

Module 4

Controlling the quality of the survey

• Different stages of quality control?
• Key issues to control?
• Sample size determination

Module 5

How is a survey carried out?

• Preparing a reliable and valid survey instrument
• How to development and design questioners
• How to use questioner design software
• How is desk-based survey techniques carried out?
• Sampling strategies
• How are samples designed?
• Conducting pilot survey
• Implementing the survey
• How are the findings analyzed and treated?
• Managing and analyzing survey data
• Report writing and presentation of the results