First Project

Creating a Project

A project is the top-level container for all your research data — interviews, surveys, field notes, PRA exercises, and participant records.

1. Tap New Project on the home screen
2. Fill in the project details:

3. Tap Create to save

Choosing a Methodology

FieldSocio tailors its AI analysis prompts based on your chosen methodology:

• Grounded Theory — Generates open, axial, and selective codes from interview data
• Thematic Analysis — Identifies themes and sub-themes across interviews
• Phenomenology — Focuses on lived experience descriptions and meaning units
• Framework Analysis — Maps data to pre-defined analytical frameworks

You can change the methodology later in project settings.

Project Dashboard

Once created, your project dashboard shows:

• Interviews — Recorded and uploaded interviews with transcription status
• Surveys — Custom forms and collected responses
• Field Notes — Text and audio notes from the field
• Participants — Registered participants with consent status
• PRA Tools — Participatory exercises and their outputs
• FGDs — Focus group discussion sessions

Next Steps

• Record your first interview
• Learn about data collection methods