Choosing and using a microcomputer for tropical epidemiology. II. Study implementation.
Continuing from the previous paper (Byass 1989), practical considerations in setting up a computer system to assist in the collection of data from an epidemiological project are discussed. Organizing field work so as to facilitate computer processing is considered, together with establishing data entry and checking procedures. The use of the hypothetical example in the first paper is continued here.
Byass
P
P
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia.
D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D012986:Software Validation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*