MKC2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Quality Control
ETC2500 Notes
Part 2: Field Work
The Field Work/Data Collection Process
1. Selection of Field Workers
2. Training of Field Workers
3. Supervision of Field Workers
4. Validation of Field Workers
5. Evaluation of Field Workers
1. Selection of Field Workers
The Research should
• Develop job specifications
• Decide what characteristics
• Recruit
2. Training Field Workers
a. Making the Initial Contact
b. Asking questions
c. Probing
d. Recording Answers
e. Terminating the Interview
3. Supervision of Field Workers
• Quality control and editing
• Sampling control
• Control of cheating