Sometimes the data needed for a baseline, against which to measure the degree and quality of change during an activity’s implementation, will already exist. In such cases the only task is to collate the data and ensure that it can be updated in the longer term. So it is important to find out what information is already available.

Determination of both what change needs to be assessed and what sort of comparison(s) will need to be made as part of that assessment of change while planning a baseline survey. The necessity of linking the survey with the monitoring plan is vital so that the data collected can be replicated appropriately during ongoing activity monitoring. Baseline data should provide the information required to evaluate the quality of the activity implementation and measurement of the development results.

Ethics and Baseline Studies

Knowledge of any existing national guidelines on research that involves human subjects is paramount before conducting baseline research. Different organizations will have specific approval processes and standards for any research that involves gathering data from human subjects and they incorporate ethical considerations into their methodology.

 When choosing Methods of baseline Survey

In a baseline study, Visual items, including photographs, maps and diagrams, are important pieces of data and thus making it necessary to be creative and innovative about the data sources used. Accordingly, in choosing a research method, of importance is the reliability of the data ultimately collected, meaning that any subsequent use of the same method & repetition of data collection would yield he same result.

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