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Thursday, February 18, 2021

KoBoToolBox: A Data Collection Tool



We all are looking at prospects of data scientists and we are looking at descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics. However, before we do all these fancy stuff, we need to collect data. What are the tools that you use to collect data?
KoBoToolBox is a tool that can be used to collect data. This tool is used by varies NGO and following are some of those examples. 

JORDAN -  Testing the quality of services for Syrian refugees
TANZANIA - Monitoring food security
THE SEYCHELLES - Analysing a dengue fever emergency
NIGERIA - Tackling malnutrition
HAITI - Tracking vaccination campaigns
MADAGASCAR - Measuring vanilla yields
INDIA - Calculating climate change impact
NEW ZEALAND - Conducting large digitised surveys

What are the main features of KoBoToolBox?
  • Design forms quickly and easily using intuitive form builder
  • Reuse existing questions and blocks of questions and manage them in the question library
  • Build complex forms with skip logic and validation 
  • More than 20 different question types available including location, image, video, rating, matrix, etc.
  • Easily share projects with colleagues and set granular permission levels.
  • Import and export XLSForms and Import via URL or upload from your computer.
  • Online and Offline data collection
Reporting Options
  • Create summary reports with graphs and tables and fine-tune your report's charts, colours and questions
  • Visualize collected data on a map includes a heatmap, clustering, other base layers, etc.
  • Disaggregate data in reports and maps i.e. by gender, region or educational level
  • Export all your data at any time Supported formats: Excel, CSV, KML, ZIP (for media) and SPSS.

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