Data Collection

CTSI primarily supports data collection using the web-based data capture system REDCap. This software is developed by Vanderbilt University and is extensible by developers within CTSI.

REDCap supports the following features:

• Online project creation and design
• Fast setup and modification
• Easily share full projects or individual instruments
• Distribute instruments as surveys
• Mobile app for offline environments
• Secure file storage for full projects and subjects
• Advanced instrument features, such as: validation, calculated fields, skip logic, and calculations
• Data quality rules to check for missing data, outliers, type validation, and calculation issues
• Custom reporting
• Exports to raw CSV data, as well as, SAS, Stata, R, and SPSS formats

 

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