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For long, conducting surveys and data collection from the field has been the process of designing the survey conducting forms on paper, typing in the form in excel or a word document then printing several copies of that document to be used by field agents to collect the data. On the day the project starts, all this material has to be disseminated to the various locations plus pens to equip the field agents to collect the data.

Decision making is very critical and we all make decisions every time. But how can we do it right? It's a question everyone would like to know because we all want to get our expected gain when we decide to take some action. To make the right decision we have to estimate the odds of us getting the expected gain if we decide to do some action

Statistics are very important to humanity in that they help us understand our society and ourselves better hence we can be able to make meaningful decisions about our lives. For example we can not effectively decide on what amount of resources to direct to healthcare if we do not know how many healthcare facilities do we have and what proportion of society has access to those facilities.

The major causes of professional burnout in many industries include; employees spending almost half of their professional time typing, clicking and checking boxes on electronic records as they enter and share data that is useful for decision making.

Everything that people do generates a lot of data that can be used in a myriad of ways. Large volumes of complex and variable data(Big Data), are generated from our daily transactions and activities that need to be captured and utilized to inform us of ourselves and our environment

Research, which is defined as a careful and detailed study into a specific problem, issue or concern using scientific methods is under pressure to transition from the the traditional methods and techniques of collecting data with self-administered questionnaires, transcribing and coding the data to statistical software like SPSS for analysis to complex and sophisticated methods and techniques afforded with advances in mobile technology and Big Data.

Everything happens somewhere. Hence the increased need from decision makers to demand for data with a location tag on it. Presenting data spatially helps its stakeholders to understand not only what happens, but also where and in what context that event happened

The need for Geospatial data has been growing in demand as Geo-tagging data provides location specific insights into the distribution of needs and how to optimize investments to meet those needs. For example;

The main roles of a statistician include gathering data, making the best sense out it and displaying it. This in turn helps companies and (non) government organisations to spot trends and make predictions enabling them to make the right decisions. No wonder staticians play a critical role role in government and development of all countries.

According to data science researchers, sub-saharan countries should invest in real time data collection and analysis to speed up their development goals. However this sector faces challenges which are barring them from reaching their full potential.