Handheld Computers: A Feasible Alternative To Paper Forms For Field Data Collection  

Oleh:

Fletcher, Linda A. ; Erickson, Darin J. ; Toomey, Traci L. ; Wagenaar, Alexander C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Evaluation Review vol. 27 no. 2 (Apr. 2003), page 165-178.
Topik: handheld computer; data collection; data quality; PDA; palm
Fulltext: 165.pdf (102.01KB)

Isi artikel

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 a field 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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