Asking the right questions - making the most of research - Stats that matter workshop
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This document provides an overview of research methodologies and best practices for conducting research. It discusses both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and covers topics like surveys, interviews, focus groups, sampling techniques, writing effective questions, analyzing results, and implementing findings. The key methods discussed are surveys, interviews, and focus groups for qualitative research, with a focus on their pros and cons, as well as tips for writing questions, selecting participants, analyzing data, and using results.
Asking the right questions - making the most of research - Stats that matter workshop
- 1. 1 Elizabeth Drakulich Christian Aid Asking the right questions
- 2. What is research Collecting data in order to answer a question 2 Written feedback Online survey Focus group Telephone interview Product review Results Activity logs Direct observations Market research In-person interviews Evaluations Pre-testing
- 3. Quick overview 1. Incorporate in your plans 2. What do you want to know? 3. Identify the best method 4. Undertake your research 5. Analyse results 6. Implement findings 3
- 4. Methodology Quantitative - Statistics - Can ask how many - Actions - Surveys 4 Qualitative - More in-depth - Can ask why - Motivations - Discussions / provide open feedback
- 5. Focus groups and interviews Focus groups -Facilitated discussion with a group of people -Pros: Learning about feelings and motivations; testing concepts and exploring how they resonate, discussions, richer results -Cons: Not representative, time intensive, costly Interviews -Semi / un-structured one-on-one discussions -Pros: Learning about feelings and motivations, testing concepts, can be candid discussion, richer results, can be done remotely -Cons: Not always representative, time intensive, costly 5
- 7. Surveys Methods -In-person -Telephone -Paper – handed out, post -Online – specific website, social media Pros – can create a representative sample, good for creating a baseline/tracking behaviours and attitudes, anonymity, rolling surveys, can be less expensive, easier to analyse Cons – need larger number of participants, more prone to bias from self-selection, cannot immediately explore answers in more detail, people may not complete a survey the way you want, may exclude people with more/less interest in technology 7
- 8. Other types of research - Diary or activity logs - Responses or actions - Direct observations - Literature reviews / pulling together previous studies 8
- 9. Top tips - picking participants - Typical of intended audience? - Core vs test samples - Demographic information - Think about numbers - Be clear about anonymity - Think about how you recruit 9
- 10. Top tips - writing questions - Length of survey - Length of answers - Language appropriate for audience - Readability and layout - Avoid leading questions - Avoid double answers - Rankings – even vs odd - Spontaneous vs prompted - Test your survey 10
- 11. Analysis and implemetation - Record your methodology - Put into context - Statistical analysis - Narrative results / representative quotes “Where there is poverty and injustice, Christian Aid should seek to help end this. It doesn’t matter if the country is low income, or middle income, if poverty exists then it needs to be tackled.’” 11