title: An on-line interactive interviewing program for epidemiological studies.
abstract: An on-line interactive verification and entry system (OLIVES) has been developed for conducting telephone interviews in large-scale epidemiological studies. Responses are automatically coded into a computer legible form suitable for analysis. Use of a question stack to control question flow allows on-line response modification, restart from any termination point, and minimal reprogramming in order to change question order. Numerical, coded, and text string data types are permitted. A multilevel hierarchical data structure reflects interview content. The advantages and disadvantages of the on-line approach are discussed. OLIVES is generalizable and is applicable to other on-line or off-line interview situations.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D009862:Online Systems; D013689:Telephone