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CPS667 Waleed Mohammed
Using Brain Storming in Training Enumerators
for Egyptian Census 2017
To develop their communications skills with
households
Waleed Mohammed
NSO (CAPMAS), Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
The mission of census or the statistical surveys is to provide as complete and
accurate statistical data as possible for decisions makers and statistical users
in general to Make Decisions and researches depended in it, to achieve this
target the NSO in all over countries makes courses for Interviewers about How
they can deal with households in professional ways , because the failure in
collecting data with correct way mean The expense, resources, efforts for the
census and surveys become futile totally. On the other hand, the most of NSO
uses traditional methods in training programs for the Interviewers such as
(theoretical lecture –Discussions-writing instructions for interview) and these
methods of education didn’t give them the communications skills that they
needed it, the critical thinking skills that help them to deal with the refuse
situations in the field. In this context the national statistical office in Egypt
started this year in preparing for the field operations for Egyptian census 2017
by using new techniques in training the enumerators depended on using Brain
storming as a training approach can use it to improve teamwork,
understanding and generate creative and out-of-the-box solutions during
training. so this paper will discuss the modern tools in Egyptian census 2017
(using tablet in collecting data), the basic rules in brainstorming in training
enumerators, recommendations for enumerators about how to deal with
respondents during census, type of communication skills that enumerators
need to it, how to read body language for respondents, and the results of
measuring satisfaction of enumerators about the training program by using
Likert scale.

Keywords
Interviewing techniques; critical thinking; teaching method; measuring
satisfaction

1. Introduction
The Population and Housing Census is the backbone of the national
statistical system for any country. It is the only operation that provides
complete population counts at both national and local levels. These can be
used for drawing administrative boundaries, apportioning political
representation, and allocating fiscal resources. It provides demographic data
for decision-making and policy planning in a great number of areas and is the

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