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When detailing the monitoring mechanisms, you will need to select
methods not only for data gathering, but also for checking the
data, sampling, recording, collating and analysis.
- Data
about any performance question or indicator can be collected using
more than one method, so list the options and assess their advantages
and disadvantages before making a final choice.
- Check
if your method is: feasible technically and financially, accurate
(enough), consistent and insensitive to distortions.
- Remember
to plan how you will collate and store data. These steps are often
left out of the detailed planning of M&E.
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- Analysis
of M&E information occurs through critical reflection on what
information means for the next steps of the project (see Section
8).
- Qualitative
data analysis and quantitative data have different requirements.
Qualitative data is iterative and not all that is observed and
heard can be noted. Therefore qualitative data analysis should
involve the data collectors.
- Communicating
M&E findings - in appropriate ways to key audiences - is critical
if the findings are to lead to improved project impact. Plan a
clear communication strategy as part of the M&E system.
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