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Field Research

Field Logistics in Uzbekistan: Access Through the Mahalla

Field logistics in Uzbekistan: access via the hokimiyat and mahalla, planning around the season, and routing teams safely from Fergana to Karakalpakstan.

Field Team14 min read
Data Collection

Personal Data in Surveys: Law and Ethics in Uzbekistan

Personal data in Uzbekistan field research: Law ZRU-547, respondent consent, database registration, Uzkomnazorat, and data localization.

AISurvey Methodology15 min read
AISurvey Guides

Run Your First Field Survey in AISurvey: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to build and launch your first field survey in AISurvey: from project and multilingual questionnaire to offline collection in mahallas and export to Excel and Word.

AISurvey Team14 min read
Methodology

Sampling Methods That Actually Work in Uzbekistan

Probability vs non-probability sampling in the real Uzbek field: the sampling frame, the 2026 census, the mahalla as a cluster, migration, quotas, and weighting.

AISurvey Methodology14 min read
Data Collection

Offline Data Collection in Uzbekistan: CAPI vs Paper

Why offline-first digital collection (CAPI) is the default in the Uzbek field: devices, connectivity, logistics, and data integrity on uneven 4G.

Field Team15 min read
Field Research

Field Quality Control: Catching Fabrication in Uzbekistan

Field quality control in Uzbekistan: real-time monitoring, GPS and timing checks, callbacks, and managing dispersed multilingual interviewer teams across regions.

Field Team14 min read
Questionnaire Design

Open vs. Closed Questions in Multilingual Fieldwork

Open vs. closed questions in Uzbek surveys: how formats and rating scales behave across three field languages, and when to use each.

AISurvey Methodology14 min read

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The AISurvey blog is a practical knowledge base for survey methodology, questionnaire design, sampling, and field research operations.

Find guides to offline data collection, interviewer management, quality control, and personal-data protection in Uzbekistan.

Articles are written by methodologists and field practitioners, so every recommendation is designed for use in a real research project.