# Designing Forms for Fieldwork

Guides to help you select the right field types and design effective data collection forms.

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field-selection-guide.md
form-design-patterns.md

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- **[Choosing a Field Type](field-selection-guide.md)** — A guide to
  selecting the right field type for your data, with design principles,
  a quick comparison, and decision logic by data type.
- **[Form Design Patterns](form-design-patterns.md)** — Practical
  patterns for combining field types, with examples from archaeology,
  ecology, and geology.