Reducing errors from the electronic transcription of data collected on paper forms: a research data case study.
We conducted a reliability study comparing single data entry (SE) into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to entry using the existing forms (EF) feature of the Teleforms software system, in which optical character recognition is used to capture data off of paper forms designed in non-Teleforms software programs. We compared the transcription of data from multiple paper forms from over 100 research participants representing almost 20,000 data entry fields. Error rates [...]
Author(s): Wahi, Monika M, Parks, David V, Skeate, Robert C, Goldin, Steven B
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2381