Re: [datameet] Abridged summary of datameet@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 1 Topic

[Rajesh Shah]

Also tooting our own horn ... the Peer Water Exchange has the largest amount of water and sanitation project data; its open and we want volunteers to verify it. In addition, members are collecting specific water quality data with GPS. We have web, sms, and android capabilities. Check out info on PWX MetriX: http://peerwater.org/en/news/46. Rajesh On 30/10/13, 5:29 PM, datameet@googlegroups.com wrote:   Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/topics IWP: Data Capacity Building Case Study [10 Updates]  IWP: Data Capacity Building Case Study Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> Oct 30 07:56AM +0530   Hi,   At the risk of tooting our own horn, we have built a system for such smartphone/SMS based data collection, based on OpenDataKit, at http://www.fieldata.org . Anyone can register at the site, ...more Back to top. Nisha Thompson <nisha.thomp...@gmail.com> Oct 30 09:41AM +0530   Thanks guys!   We are looking at teh experience local NGOs have with data, and I'm sorry to say technology is a huge issue. Either these devices are too expensive or there are coverage problems. ...more Back to top. Samuel Rajkumar <aadva...@gmail.com> Oct 30 10:12AM +0530   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 ...more Back to top. Nisha Thompson <nisha.thomp...@gmail.com> Oct 30 10:37AM +0530   We're not really disagreeing. I agree with you, but you can't just say they should use Android App! Technology adaption is still an issue with NGOs that work in communities, there are language ...more Back to top. Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> Oct 30 10:41AM +0530   > 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 ...more Back to top. Sailendra Mishra <biot....@gmail.com> Oct 30 11:23AM +0530   Hi Guys,   Have you ever considered any OCR based survey? OCR based survey may avoid technical and financial constraints (Popular with all major examinations conducted in India). Sample here ( ...more Back to top. Samuel Rajkumar <aadva...@gmail.com> Oct 30 11:30AM +0530   Hi Sailendra,   This is actually OMR - Optical Mark Recognition, which is much simpler and less error prone than OCR.   Regards,     ...more Back to top. Gautam John <gkj...@gmail.com> Oct 30 11:34AM +0530   In Akshara's experience, because we devolve data collection to the teachers themselves and have no real control over them, giving them smartphones would be risky for us because we'd probably lose ...more Back to top. Sailendra Mishra <biot....@gmail.com> Oct 30 11:39AM +0530   Thanks Samuel for the correction.       -- Sailendra Prasanna Mishra   Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/sailendraprasannamishra Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailendram Skype: ...more Back to top. Balachander T <balachand...@gmail.com> Oct 30 02:50PM +0530   Hi   Data is still collected using pen and paper in most cases. The spreadsheet comes in when the data management part comes in. In most cases, electronic input devices can't straightaway replace ...more Back to top. -- 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 datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.