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Collecting data with smart forms on mobile phones - Yaw Anokwa

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1. Build form 2. Collect <str<strong>on</strong>g>data</str<strong>on</strong>g> 3. Aggregate results<br />

So that’s what ODK is. A platform that will help you build a form, collect <str<strong>on</strong>g>data</str<strong>on</strong>g>, and aggregate<br />

some results.<br />

For building <str<strong>on</strong>g>forms</str<strong>on</strong>g>, you can use Excel. For aggregate <str<strong>on</strong>g>data</str<strong>on</strong>g>, we have a desktop app for that<br />

too. You pick and choose which work best for your use case.<br />

Now that’s nice and all, but when people find out that this came out of a research project,<br />

they start asking if the software actually works.<br />

Well, yeah! Let me give you some examples.

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