A comparison of error detection rates between the reading aloud method and the double data entry method

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 560-569

  Kawado, Miyuki ^a   Hinotsu, Shiro ^b   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^c   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^c   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Ohashi, Yasuo ^c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data management; Data verification; Double data entry; Error detection rates; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE DATA ENTRY METHOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATOR; PRODUCTIVITY; READING ALOUD METHOD; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; READING; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING; REGISTRIES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 1542442433     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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