Data analysis - survey design 4. Update on global MIKE, Technical Advisory Group, funding 1. Staff in the field are using different ways and materials for recording data, for example waterproof notebooks, cybertracker, etc.
Some sites have existing monitoring programmes with already established field forms.
In many cases these forms can be modified to serve MIKE needs. The official MIKE forms will then be used as templates to be adapted to site-specific conditions and will ensure integrity of MIKE data needs. It would be very difficult to impose MIKE forms on these existing systems, but MIKE forms represent the data that will be extracted from these site-specific forms. CI is keen to fund parts of MIKE and support cybertracker software development. Putting out field teams is very expensive and it is felt that paper backup copies are still necessary in case of technical failure of the cybertracker.