In this lecture
- Design a short field verification
- Spot where desk data and reality diverge
- Record findings that can update the index
Desk data is a hypothesis
A composite index built entirely from national datasets is a hypothesis about a place, not a description of it. A short field visit - a walk-through, a handful of household conversations, a look at what has already flooded - is what turns the hypothesis into an assessment somebody can act on.
Two days, one ward, real answers
A verification visit does not need to be exhaustive to be useful. A structured half-day per ward, checking the two or three indicators the desk data was least confident about, catches most of the divergence a full re-survey would find at a fraction of the cost.
Materials
Yours to keep, and usable away from the platform.
- Field verification checklistWorksheet · 78 KB
- Ward visit recording sheetWorksheet · 64 KB
Design prototype - the attachments are placeholders and nothing downloads yet.
Lecture quiz
4 questions, plus 2 written questions at the end - taken whenever you are ready. This is what unlocks the next lecture.