FINCA News About FINCA International Menu Our Work > Research > ValiData ValiData The Need Field surveys are mission-critical but they are prone to all kinds of errors. The data set can suffer from missing values, wrong responses and even falsified answers and researchers have to spend time “cleaning” the data before analyzing it. This process can be time consuming. Worse, it can distort the data set–even to the point of making it statistically useless. Request a Demo FINCA’s Experience At FINCA, we live this situation every day — we collect millions of data points from remote communities all around the world, measuring things like household consumption, job-creation, and customer satisfaction. With a small team and very limited resources,we don’t want to spend our time manually cleaning every piece of data we receive, and we don’t have the luxury of collecting (and then throwing away) badly-conducted surveys. Request a Demo Our Solution: We Use Technology We use the best open-source data collection software(Open Data Kit), which digitizes the entire research process and allows us to install some basic data quality controls in the survey forms. We customized the platform to actively analyze the quality of the data as it is being collected. Using a variety of statistical controls, ValiData flags suspicious survey data in real time, allowing our staff to take corrective measures when the survey is still in the field. ValiData enables our field staff to produce very high-quality data sets, while our statistical experts can spend their time actually generating meaningful insights instead of dealing with flawed field surveys. Request a Demo How does it work? ValiData performs a robust cross-check on individual survey responses, using standard statistical criteria and customized validation rules. These rules ensure that all of our survey responses are within expected parameters. ValiData even conducts advanced machine-learning functions which observe the behavior of the surveyors themselves, flagging anyone whose conduct is out-of-sync with his peers. Request a Demo The ValiData Process Request a Demo We are actively searching for test-users who will be able to use the platform free of charge, in exchange for their feedback. Contact FINCA if you are planning to conduct a survey and would like to use the ValiData platform. Your Name Company Email Phone In a few words: Why are you interested in Validata? CAPTCHA Our Work Microfinance Social Enterprise Research Results ValiData Donate Get Updates Learn More Our Work Microfinance Social Enterprise Research © FINCA International 1201 15th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Taxpayer ID Number: 13-3240109 Get Email Updates Contact Us About FINCA International Careers Newsroom Legal Disclaimer FINCA Ventures BrightLife by FINCA FINCA Canada FINCA UK FINCA Impact Finance FINCA Global Search