Mkea, Samwel2021-04-192021-04-192016Mkea, Samwel (2016) Improving Census Data Collection and Processing Through Mobile Based Application, Masters dissertation, University of Dar es Salaamhttp://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15125Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr.Wilbert Chagula Library, class mark (THS EAF QA76.9.D345M553)The most important capital a society can have is human capital these are several means used to conduct census enumeration. One of them is senses enumeration through mobile application. This approach seems to be advanced; however to some extent, it is embedded with shortcomings. One of them is that during data entry and unloads to the database, it is possible to make errors or enter incorrect data entry and upload to the database, it is possible to make errors or enter incorrect data and another is inefficiency in perfuming data collection in a network fluctuating situation. To address the shortcomings, the study developed algorithms that contain mechanisms of defecting and collecting errors, mistakes, and incorrectness which might be caused by enumerators. On the hand, the mechanisms of improving the effectiveness of the approach were well well developed to permit smooth data collection in a network fluctuating situation. The developed mechanisms eliminate delay when network is unstable. Data collection is to be conducted regardless of the network strength. Testing and evaluation of the developed prototype in comparison with the existing was done. The results showed that, with the proposed solution, some errors and mistakes which were not identified in existing solutions were detected and corrected in the proposed solution. In addition the developed prototype shows more capability, flexibility, and efficiency in data collection in network fluctuating areas compared to existing solutions.enCensusElectronic data processingThesis