Section outline

  • Lecture: Questionnaires, data collection forms and data management

    Development of paper and online questionnaires and data collection forms. The limitations of spreadsheet programs (e.g. Excel) for database management. Alternative software platforms for data collection and management.

    Faculty:  Steve Cummings and Tom Newman

    Location:      HSW 302

    • Cummings Lecture 6a Questionnaires 2014-0901 File
    • Newman Lecture 6b Data Collection forms and data management 2014-0901 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      DCR-4 Chapter 12: Designing Studies of Medical Tests OR Chapter 13: Utilizing Existing Databases

      DCR-4 Chapter 15: Designing Questionnaires and Interviews

      DCR-4 Chapter 16: Data Management

    • Resources:

    • OPTIONAL: HOW TO GET A REDCap ACCOUNT File

    • Assignment:

      Work through the Chapter 16 ("Data Management") Exercises starting on page 301 of Designing Clinical Research (Hulley et al), 4th Edition.


      These are not to turn in (especially since the answers are in the book).