Measurement and Survey Design 2016

J-PAL South Asia through the CLEAR Initiative is organising a 3-day open enrollment course on Measurement and Survey Design. This course will provide an opportunity for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and research professionals to gain essential skills for data collection.

This course was piloted in New Delhi, India last year and was very well received. Participants included researchers from organisations such as BRAC, British Council, CARE India, Pratham, Population Council, TATA Sustainability Group, Water Aid , and NITI Aayog.

The objective of the three-day programme is to cover the basic elements of designing effective questionnaires. Topics will include the theory of change and its importance in defining what to measure, developing unbiased measures, designing questionnaires, and collecting data. Significant emphasis will be placed on the application of survey design concepts through the use of relevant examples and interactive case studies.

The following key concepts will be covered:

• Developing a theory of change to map the causal pathway of a program
• Using a theory of change to inform the selection of indicators
• Creating accurate and precise measurements
• Avoiding measurement error
• Measuring ‘hard-to-measure’ indicators
• Paper based and digital questionnaire design
• Piloting and survey re-design

The course is intended for researchers from all different disciplines who would like to learn how to strengthen their social survey instruments to collect more accurate and meaningful data.

Applications to this course are now closed.

For more information, contact Priyajeet Arora on [email protected] 

Fee Structure:

(Fee includes the 3-day training with lunch, tea and coffee as well as all course materials)