Survey and Category Classification
Classification of incoming information ( organization by survey and category) gives meaning to unstructured data coming from the public, making it easier to transform the data into actionable information.
It’s important to have a common understanding of what kind data each of these surveys represent, what the categories mean and how to use them.
- 1.When creating a post, determine the appropriate survey for the incident you are posting, and select the survey.
- 2.If you cannot find an appropriate survey to classify your incident under, select the “Other” survey. These will be audited later.
- 3.If you repeatedly process messages that don’t fit in any of the surveys, please get in touch with any of the co-leads you know in the slack channel, and we’ll have appropriate people decide how to proceed.
This list of surveys and categories was designed to fulfill two different requirements:
- 1.To provide easy terminology for people submitting posts (as well as to volunteers who are processing the posts) to understand, enabling quick classification of data without specific knowledge and expertise in the field of election monitoring.
- 2.To provide categorization that reflects the needs and systems of responders in order to provide them with data that can be useful for their operations.
This list of surveys and categories is not set in stone. They reflect evolving situation on the ground and will be edited/modified accordingly whenever it is necessary. If you have any suggestions, please contact Cecilia at [email protected]
Survey | Options w/descriptions |
Counting and Results |
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Polling Station Administration |
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Positive Events |
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Security Issues | Please describe as accurately as possible who was attacked, the physical location of the attack, and where known, the attackers. For an issue to be classified as a security issue, it must involve threats or acts that would damage property or persons.
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Voting Issues |
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Staffing Issues |
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Other | This is for posts that do not fit into any other survey. Note: Please feel free to flag posts that do not fit into a category with your co-leads in case we would like to add one immediately. We will audit 'Other’ posts to monitor where new surveys should added throughout this project. |
These are related to post status
Category | Sub Category | Description | Permissions |
Verification | | | Submission
Viewing
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| Verified | The post has been verified by observers on the ground, or can be corroborated by mainstream media and our trusted sources | |
| Unverified | The post has not been verified | |
Escalation | | | Submission
Viewing
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| Needs escalation | The post requires action by response partners | |
| Escalated | The post has been forwarded to response partners for action | |
| Action taken | Action has been taken by response partners on the post | |
Geolocation | | | Submission
Viewing
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| Needs geolocation | The post needs to be geolocated | |
| Geolocated | The post has been geolocated | |
| Impossible to geolocate | There is no location information provided, or the content of the message references several (10+) locations over a wide area and cannot be pinpointed to one neighborhood, community, ward, etc | |
Translation | | | Submission
Viewing
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| Needs Translation | The post needs to be translated | |
| Translated | The post has been translated | |
Urgent | | This posts requires immediate action | Submission
Viewing
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Media Stream Source | | | Submission
Viewing
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| Mainstream Media | Posts from mainstream media sources | |
| Facebook | Posts from facebook | |
| Twitter | Posts from twitter streams being monitored by MM team | |
| Video | Posts from video streaming services e.g youtube etc | |
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