The IdRC has advanced expertise in the conduct of field surveys, household surveys, polling, and M&E evaluations using a variety of tools and methods. One unique aspect that the IdRC possesses compared to typical firms specialized in polling and surveys is that the IdRC senior technical staff are a combination of engineers from various disciplines and social scientists. Such diverse technical background has helped the IdRC excel in the conduct of household surveys relevant to infrastructure projects. Its technical staff has worked on numerous household and polling activities related to infrastructure projects in water, transportation, power, and agriculture. Those IdRC “soft-engineers” are complemented with experts in socioeconomics, anthropology, gender, and economic development.
In the area of conducting field surveys and institutional assessments, the IdRC has been involved in a number of projects using different tools and approaches including survey questionnaires, focus group sessions, structured interviews and others. The IdRC team of experts provides experts with advanced skills in terms of:
| Survey tool designs and pre-testing |
Conduct and directing data collection with minimal bias |
| Qualitative and quantitative research |
Data management systems development |
| Minimum sample sizing as per statistical requirements |
Data analysis using statistical software |
| Population sampling to guarantee representativeness |
Correlation analysis and drawing inferences |
The IdRC has a rigorous data quality and assurance program that it implements throughout the various stages of household surveys including the data collection, data screening, and data entry phases. Furthermore, the IdRC experts have advanced expertise in the development of user-friendly databases with built-in coding systems based on the sampling frames, and able to check the logical consistency of the data through built-in redundancies for easy verification of the data entry.
Specific sector services include
- Market Research Studies and Analyses
- Monitoring and Evaluation Studies and Surveys
- Polling and Household Surveys
- Satisfaction Surveys
- Public Perception Surveys
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