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KoBo Toolbox
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The purpose of this Wikibook is to provide an introduction to the mobile survey software suite called KoBo Toolbox (http://www.kobotoolbox.org/). Using the KoBo Toolbox, surveys for mobile Android devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can be created. The screenshot of the Android application shows a typical multiple-choice (single-select) question.
thumb|right|A question in the KoBo App.
Although there are many mobile survey software suites, the KoBo Toolbox is particularly interesting for a number of reasons:
open-source: free to use and change, fully transparent
scalability: use multiple devices, aggregate results
remote administration: results can be synchronized automatically
robustness: works under difficult conditions, such as limited internet
The topics discussed in this Wikibook are listed below.
/KoBoForm/
Creating a Form
Creating a Question
Various Question Types
Validation Logic
Skip Logic
/KoBoCollect/
Exporting the form to an Xform XML file
Loading the XML file into the KoBo Collect Android app
Filling out a survey
Saving the results
Exporting the results to a computer
/Post Processing/
Aggregating the results to a CSV file
Importing the CSV file into SPSS / PSPP
Advanced Topics
Trigger questions
Group questions
/KoBo External Resources/
KoBo Toolbox website
Official KoBo Toolbox User guide
Official KoBo Toolbox YouTube Channel
KoBoForm form builder
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