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Migration survey sampling: a pragmatic ‘how-to’ guide
The choices researchers make about sampling shape the findings and policy implications one can draw about the links between migration and development. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and MIGNEX, a five-year research project (2018–2023) with researchers at nine institutions in Europe, Africa and Asia, published detailed guidance on how to build a valuable, insightful and reliable survey sample.
In an article by ODI, the institute desribes five key lessons learnt with sampling in the MIGNEX project.
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Be realistic
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Innovate
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Try it out before locking yourself in
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Do simple, well
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Don’t rush it
To get more information on survey data collection, read the MIGNEX Handbook Chapter 7.