[Research] Spreadsheet for compiling research studies

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Sajitha,
We should fill in the google doc. Resequencing we will be doing anytime we want to see the data from a different perspective. It is ok.

Archana the elist works like a Google group. 
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On August 2, 2021 11:28:17 PM GMT+05:30, Archana Mehendale <mehendalearchana at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Sajitha,
>
>The spreadsheet you've shared looks good to start with and I am okay
>with
>either working offline or on Google Sheet.
>
>Regarding the ORF study, I agree, let us first look at actual studies
>and
>look at the literature reviews separately, if required.
>
>@ all - Instead of replying to Sajitha's email, I have copied it below
>and
>am sending this to the group id which Guru has created. But Guru, I am
>not
>sure if this works like Google-groups where messages are distributed to
>all
>members, including the sender.
>
>Thank you,
>Archana
>
>----
>  Hi Archana and colleagues
>
>Here is the revised Excel file with one example, using the Oxfam study.
>Explanatory notes:
>I  put 13 categories , Col G (there is a drop down menu, which is
>linked to
>the second work sheet).  I think this carries the major issues we would
>want to cover,but we can add a few more if we wish (I don't think we
>shoudl exceed 15).  If the study did not cover that issue, I left ithe
>cell
>blank.
>
>In Col H, I tried to identify sub-categories  for some of the main
>categories (also with a drop down menu   but I am not yet sure that
>they
>are exhaustive/ meaningful. We will have to see after we categorize a
>few
>studies. For this example, I have used the sub-cateogry to identify the
>MAIN thing that the report talks about.
>
>In Col I, I have put the main findings which relate to the Category /
>issue
>in Col G.
>
>If this is a good working model, we can start with this.
>
>A few other questions:
>
>*Archana* -  I tried to use the Observer Research Foundation article
>you
>had "alllotted" to me, but as it is itself a review of several
>articles, it
>would not be appropriate to put its "findings" in this format.  So, I
>suggest we use this excel file for unique studies, not reviews of
>studies
>For the review articles, it is probably best to prepare a one page
>summary
>. Is that okay?  (Also, I did not find the ORF review very
>illuminating,
>and it often used newspaper articles to reference studies, which was
>disconcerting, to say the least. Ours should be sharper and have a
>clear narrative).  I will go through the ones you have suggested.
>
>*Guru* - please advise what is the best way for us to enter the
>studies. If
>we do it directly on a Googlesheet, there will be a problem of
>re-organizing the studies in some sequence.  If we each work on our
>separate files to summarize the studies allocated by Archana, can
>someone
>put them together in an order (eg chronological or type of study)
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