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Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material is designed for managers, statisticians, sampling experts, GIS specialists and professional staff from the National Statistical Offices and statistical units of the Ministries of Agriculture. At the end of this session, the audience will: a) Be able to identify the different concepts when designing a survey; b) Know the elements that impact the sampling variability and errors; and c) Understand the particularities of the different probability sampling designs to be considered in deciding which ones are more adapted to the objectives of the survey.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. At the end of this session, the audience will be able to: Describe role of Designer; Find and register for Designer; Describe role Tester; and Find, download, and install Tester on tablet.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. At the end of this session, the audience will: a) Know how to create a questionnaire; b) Know the major question types (text, numeric, date, single and multi answer, list); c) Understand the concept for enablement conditions; d) Be familiar with the fields to be completed for questions; and e) Know about static text.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. At the end of this session, the audience will: a) Know what validation conditions and messages are; and b) Apply basic C# syntax for creating validation and enablement conditions.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. At the end of this session, the audience will: a) Know how to build a roster; b) Know about nesting rosters; c) Know about html tags; and, d) Know about piping.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. This training session will give an overview of the interview application.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. This training session will give an overview of data export.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts. This training session will provide an overview of: Tablet management; Tablet configuration; Useful apps and Equipment/Accessories.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this material for in-classroom training on the use of CAPI for agricultural surveys targets decision makers, survey managers, questionnaire designers, trainers of field staff and data analysts.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
