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The Association between Interviewer Gender and Responses to Sensitive Survey Questions in a Sample of Haitian Women
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Kianersi, Sina; Luetke, Maya; Jules, Reginal; Rosenberg, Molly – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
Bias may be introduced in survey data collection when participants answer questions differently depending on interviewer gender. This could affect the validity of collected data, especially sensitive data. Using sexual behavior data collected in a 2017-2018 cross-sectional survey of Haitian women (n = 304), we evaluated the associations between…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Responses, Surveys
South Africa's Quest for Smart Cities: Privacy Concerns of Digital Natives of Cape Town, South Africa
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Tshiani, Valerie Mujinga; Tanner, Maureen – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2018
Contribution: This study contributes to scientific literature by detailing the impact of specific factors on the privacy concerns of citizens living in an African city. Findings: The findings reveal that the more that impersonal data is collected by the Smart City of Cape Town, the lower the privacy concerns of the digital natives. The findings…
Descriptors: Privacy, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Developing Nations
Toward Data-Driven Education Systems: Insights into Using Information to Measure Results and Manage Change
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Custer, Samantha; King, Elizabeth M.; Atinc, Tamar Manuelyan; Read, Lindsay; Sethi, Tanya – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
Governments, organizations, and companies are generating copious amounts of data and analysis to support education decision-making around the world. While continued investments in data creation and management are necessary, the ultimate value of information is not in its "production," but its "use." Herein lies one of the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Data Analysis
The Early Grade Reading Assessment: Applications and Interventions to Improve Basic Literacy
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Gove, Amber, Ed.; Wetterberg, Anna, Ed. – RTI International, 2011
This book highlights the experience of Liberia in both assessing and improving reading in primary schools. As a result of an Early Grade Reading Assessment, the Ministry of Education and partners, including the United States Agency for International Development, came together to identify and develop strategies for improving reading in schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Beginning Reading, Reading Tests
Guidelines on Studies of Information Users (Pilot Version).
Ford, Geoffrey, Ed.; Harris, Colin, Ed. – 1981
Preliminary guidelines are presented to provide a methodology for conducting user studies in the information field, particularly in developing countries. Topics covered include: user needs in planning a national information system; the identification of user groups; the design and organization of user studies, including background research survey…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Developing Nations, Guidelines, Information Needs
The Unesco Pilot Project on Information on Research in Progress in Khartoum, Sudan. Final Report.
Creasey, J. C.; Wesley, C. – 1987
This report of a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) pilot project, which was carried out during 1982-84 in Khartoum (Sudan) to develop a vehicle for providing access to information on research in progress, describes: (1) the study that led to the conclusion that a national register of research projects was…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries