Being a ground researcher what are the problems one may face. My objective to introduce ground researcher with some of them they may encounter.
I travelled in length and breadth of rural areas in Rajasthan , interacted a lot. Learning and understanding mind sets of local people is great thing for ground research, to get the right answer.
Authentic primary data leads to authentic research. When it comes to primary data from rural setting most of us try to convert secondary data available to primary to fit in. Every data collected has its own relevance of research ,this secondary data either old or broad in terms for other usage. Sometimes it is so particular that does not serve the purpose of research. For focused or particular research data requirement is different. To address this need the modes of data requirement shall be designed in such way.
Rural areas have different mindset when one tries to access and collect the data of desired parameters from individual. Person going to collect the data shall understand the importance and effect of primary data on further study or research. Ability to convince the source of data is key factor. This will eliminate misleading data collections or minimize it.
A robust mechanism to collect primary data is always a big challenge , how to build it and its functioning will take on study.
Problems Areas:
- Subject or Objective
- Location identification
- Local influences
- Data Influencing factors
- Volunteers or data collectors.
- Data Authenticity & verification
- Training
- Language
- Logistics
- Technology /Connectivity
- Data Transfer
- Exposure of sample and saturation
In coming blogs will discuss more on Subject or Objective, Location identification, Local influences.
Rural Research and Technology 