Mistyping Large Values on the PDA
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 5:25 pm
We are currently doing an expenditure survey where enumerators have to ask for (and fill in) household expenditures in a PDA using CSPRO mobile. I notice that enumerators make many mistakes in the number of zeros they put in. For instance, if the household answers 9000000, enumerators easily make the mistake of typing 900000 0r 90000000. This will of course lead to huge misrepresentations.
Is there a way of displaying numbers more clearly, so that it’s easier for the enumerator to check the figure before they click on “Nxt”? For instance by displaying it as 9,000,000 instead of 9000000?
Is there a way of displaying numbers more clearly, so that it’s easier for the enumerator to check the figure before they click on “Nxt”? For instance by displaying it as 9,000,000 instead of 9000000?