When to use it
Use it for a community needs assessment, a service-learning project or a field research assignment in sociology or public policy. Fieldwork uses three methods side by side, the data are analyzed along two lines, and the results come together as situation, problems and recommendations.
Make it yours
- Add sites and sample sizes to the nodes, such as
Questionnaires<br/>3 neighborhoods, 300 responses. - Delete the third method if you held no agency meetings.
- For a competition entry or funded project, add "Share results with the community" at the end.
Mermaid code
flowchart TB
A[Choose the survey topic] --> B[Review background and policy]
B --> C[Write the survey plan]
C --> D[Choose sites and respondents]
subgraph F1[Fieldwork]
direction LR
E1[Questionnaires] --- E2[Household interviews] --- E3[Agency meetings and records]
end
D --> F1
F1 --> G[Organize and enter data]
G --> H[Analyze questionnaire data]
G --> I[Summarize interview notes]
H --> J[Describe the current situation]
I --> J
J --> K[Identify problems and causes]
K --> L[Recommendations]
L --> M[Write the report]Ask an AI for one with this structure
Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.
Draw a community survey project design diagram with Mermaid flowchart TB syntax. Choose the survey topic, review background and policy, write the survey plan, and choose sites and respondents. Use one subgraph for fieldwork with three items joined by plain lines: questionnaires, household interviews, agency meetings and records. Then organize and enter data, split into analyzing questionnaire data and summarizing interview notes, which both lead to describing the current situation, then identifying problems and causes, recommendations, and writing the report. Do not use parentheses in node text. Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- How is this different from a thesis research design?
A survey report follows an applied logic of situation, problems and recommendations with little theory. An academic thesis needs hypotheses or propositions and tests them.
- Can the figure show who does what in the team?
Yes. Add a name to each node with a line break, or annotate the exported PowerPoint.
- How do I show the fieldwork dates?
Put start and end dates in the node, such as
Fieldwork<br/>July 10 to 20, or make a separate Gantt chart.
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Updated 2026-11-11