KoBo Toolbox

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.



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