Handheld computers - A feasible alternative to paper forms for field data collection

被引：60

作者：

Fletcher, LA ^{[1
]}

Erickson, DJ

Toomey, TL

Wagenaar, AC

机构：

[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Publ Hlth, Alcohol Epidemiol Program, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

[2] Univ Minnesota, Sch Publ Hlth, Div Epidemiol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

EVALUATION REVIEW | 2003年 / 27卷 / 02期

关键词：

handheld computer; data collection; data quality; PDA; palm;

D O I：

10.1177/0193841X02250527

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Recent advances in handheld computer hardware and software may provide alternatives to paper-based data collection methods. The authors compared data collected with paper forms to data collected with handheld computer-based forms in afield observation study of alcohol purchase attempts at 47 community festivals in a large metropolitan area. Agreement between data collected with paper forms and data collected with handheld computers was greater than 95%. Computer-based forms handled branching patterns better and yielded data that were immediately available for analyses. Paper forms handled written comments better Handheld computers are a feasible alternative to paper forms for field data collection.

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页码：165 / 178

页数：14