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Phase one fieldwork: Generating research designs
The Country Research Teams have focused their summer 2008 research activities that will inform the development of research designs for the next phase of the Global Impact Study project. The primary...
View ArticleSecond global workshop identifies areas for in-depth studies
The Global Impact Study held its second global workshop in Valparaiso, Chile, from October 25-29, 2008. The event brought together the Research Working Group, Country Research Team members, and...
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Research design breaks ground in investigating impact
With support from the municipality and BiblioRedes, a network 387 public libraries dedicated to improving public access and community uses of ICTs, this library/telecenter in Puerto Saavedra, Chile,...
View ArticleResearch Design: Assessing impact from four complementary angles
Last August, Araba Sey provided an overview of the Global Impact Study’s research design. Although our basic approach remains the same, we’re learning along the way and our thinking is evolving. This...
View ArticleSurvey pilot testing strategy
Our venue operator and user surveys are currently in the pilot testing phase in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile and the Philippines. This phase has two parts: 1. Cognitive testing to check for comprehension...
View ArticleCognitive testing to improve survey instruments
Cognitive testing reports from our survey implementation teams show that overall, the venue operator and user survey instruments have no serious comprehension problems. The testing was designed to find...
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Communications and knowledge-sharing discussion
In March 2010 Global Impact Study team members working on the in-depth studies, survey, and inventory activities gathered to harmonize impact indicators and discuss the project’s approach to...
View ArticleSurvey methodology report released
Much of the Global Impact Study data comes from our public access ICT user survey, venue survey, and non-user survey in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, and the Philippines. Conducting such surveys in...
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Open data, open research discussion at ICTD 2012
The Global Impact Study uses an open research approach, meaning the study’s data, instruments, publications, and other materials produced, will be available to the public for free under a Creative...
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