Proof / Selected work & experience

A closer look
at my work.

Published specialist writing, practical survey-system experience and an example from my statistical mapping workflow.

Published work

Writing for collectors.

Research and explanations that help readers understand a product, assess a market or start collecting.

01

Market analysis

PSA 9 vs. PSA 10 Pokémon cards

A comparison of grading premiums, population figures and completed sales.

Read on Cardlines
02

Product guide

Pokémon 30th Celebration

A guide to the anniversary set, its cards and collecting products.

Read on Cardlines
03

Collector education

A beginner’s guide to Hot Wheels

An introduction to collecting, product choices and what to look for.

Read on Cardlines

Survey systems & backend support

From forms to
useful findings.

I build and modify Survey123/XLSForms and support the technical and data work behind field surveys.

Form development & testing

Logic, validation and consistency in how information is recorded.

Survey operations & data quality

Sampling and assignments, duplicate detection, GPS checks and backend monitoring.

Analysis & reporting

Clean Excel/CSV datasets, statistical tables, charts, maps and reports.

Experience & project rolesPDF · 1 page ↗

Selected survey-project roles

Backend team contributions to existing systems

Survey-project experience

Central Bank of Nigeria cash-access survey

A survey examining how people obtain cash across communities.

My role: Worked within the backend team supporting the existing survey system and resulting datasets.

Survey-project experience

Nationwide ward-enumeration exercise

An exercise documenting existing ward resources and development needs.

My role: Worked within the backend team supporting the existing survey system and resulting datasets.

My development-sector experience includes work through teams implementing survey programmes supported by international partners, including WHO, UNFPA and the World Bank. The work involved agreed methodologies, confidentiality, data quality and reporting.

Statistical table → map

From a table
to a useful map.

An output from my existing mapping workflow: area-level values joined to boundaries, with labels, a legend and source notes.

All indicator values are fictional. This is a demonstration, not a client dataset.

View the mapping sheet PDF · 1 page ↗
A labelled Cross River State LGA choropleth from John Eja’s table-to-map workflow. Fictional activity counts use five colour bands, with missing data shown separately from zero.
Mapping demonstration · Fictional data
Boundary attribution: GRID3 (2022) / geoBoundaries · CC BY 4.0.

Have a project in mind?

Let’s make something clear.

Tell me what you’re working on, the output you need and your intended deadline. We can find a defined assignment and discuss the details by email.

Email John johnebassey88@gmail.com

For survey and data projects, start with a description and an approved de-identified example.