On Oct 30, 2013 10:13 AM, "Samuel Rajkumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Respectfully disagree, Nisha. > > There really is no problem with spreadsheets being used to analyze data. But collecting data with paper forms and then typing it into the spreadsheet is just very inefficient and error prone. [...]
Agreed. Our experience has been that most organisations are immediately appreciative of the benefits of data collection based on smartphones. As you note, Android smartphones are now cheap, and even with the one-time sunk cost of purchasing the devices, our platform is usually cheaper than paper-based methods, besides being less error-prone. SMS can be used if there is a big sensitivity to price. Spreadsheets are also unstructured, and difficult to convert to API-based access, which is needed for any generic analysis methods not customised to a specific data format embodied in the spreadsheet. IMHO, this is the biggest problem with the current data sets on data.gov.in Regards, Gora -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
