These modules were prepared by IIEP staff and consultants to be used in training workshops presented for the National Research Coordinators who are responsible for the educational policy research programme conducted by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ). This module shows that data management issues are relevant, and must be planned, during almost all phases of a research project; starting from the design of the data collection instruments and the development of the coding schemes, through the design of the data collection methods and field administration procedures, the setting of quality standards, the data entry and data verification, and finishing with database construction. To implement each of these steps, various technologies are available and it is the task of the researcher to decide which procedures are most appropriate for the survey design given administrative, logistical, and economic constraints.
