Research methods

FCDL specializes in developing custom made solutions to address specific questions facing clients, as such it does not offer off the shelf information. FCDL Research mainly conducts primary research but where necessary FCDL is able to source for secondary information. The methods that we use for data collection include;

Desk Research

Desk Research involves gathering data that already exists either from internal or external sources.

Quantitative Research

We collect data in some ways including: Face to Face/ Questionnaire Telephone / Skype interviews Online Questionnaires Self Completion Mobile Phone Data collection

Qualitative Research

Qualitative research helps our team understand many questions for both Depth Interviews (IDIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)

FCDL’s Social Research

Our social research work evaluates the performance of projects. It is necessitated by the enormous amount of work done by government and NGOs.