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Advantages and Disadvantages <strong>of</strong> Quantitative Participatory Assessment<br />
Main Advantages or Benefits Main Disadvantages or Limitations<br />
• It does not require a starting conditions<br />
(baseline) study<br />
• Represents an easy way <strong>of</strong> quantifying<br />
qualitative issues<br />
• It is easily understood – most people are<br />
com<strong>for</strong>table with 0-100 scale and it can be<br />
implemented by local <strong>assessment</strong> teams or<br />
junior staff following training<br />
• It is easy to graph and communicate results<br />
• It is reasonably quick – 1 village <strong>assessment</strong> per<br />
day was normal in India<br />
Main Sources and Further Guidance<br />
• It does not assess attribution although<br />
questions could be phrased to include<br />
attribution<br />
• Bias and uncertainty in the scoring, e.g., it may<br />
suffer from strategic responses, depends on<br />
memory recall <strong>for</strong> starting conditions, and<br />
limited understanding <strong>of</strong> complex <strong>social</strong> or<br />
physical relationships<br />
• Repetitions or developing an index would need<br />
the same people in the focus groups year after<br />
year but this is unlikely<br />
James, A. 2003. Quantified Participatory Assessment: Capturing Qualitative In<strong>for</strong>mation in Large-Scale<br />
Development Projects. Available at: http://www.solutionexchangeun.net.in/decn/cr/res03060802.pdf<br />
James A., Pangtey V., Singh P. & Virgo K. 2002. Participatory <strong>assessment</strong>. Bringing people’s perceptions<br />
to project management desktops: a quantified participatory <strong>assessment</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Doon Valley<br />
Watershed Project in North India. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20 (3): 201-214<br />
James, A.J., Mathew, T. & Rai, N. 2005. Report <strong>of</strong> a Ford Foundation supported Action Research Study on<br />
Conservation, Enterprise and Livelihoods. Pragmatix Research & Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., New<br />
Delhi<br />
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