Title: Unit-level overview
Course: Monitoring and Evaluation > Section: Unit 9

Unit-level overview | Unit/week/section | 9.
Topic name: | Regularly Collect Data to Assess Whether the Targets are Being Met.
Aim of the topic: | Unit 9 covers the data collection aspect of the M&E process. Different data collection methods exist and these need to be applied in the appropriate circumstances, based on whether the data of interest is qualitative or quantitative.
This topic covers:
This unit covers:

1. Qualitative and quantitative data
2. Data collection methodologies
Intended learning outcomes:
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:

1. Evaluate different data collection methodologies.
2. Apply appropriate data collection methods based on the desired metrics.
Overview of student activity: | You will watch videos, participate in class discussions led by the e-moderator, read the course text and complete online activities in your groups.