Conferences

Survey researchers expend considerable time and resources designing protocols, developing instruments, fielding surveys and convincing respondents to participate. Presentations in the Fieldwork Monitoring session will focus on the process of data collection, delving into the design and use of contact forms or systems as well as the interpretation of the data they produce. Depending on their ease of use for interviewers, contact forms can provide process data that reveal patterns of non-response, problematic interviewer behaviour, or uneven sample management. Effective and timely analysis of contact data may allow mitigation or reduction of non-response, improve data production quality and lower costs. Data from both single-country and cross-national surveys will be discussed.