Using a handheld PC to collect and analyze observational data

ACM Special Interest Group for Design. of Commun.; SIGDOC 2003: Finding Real-World Solutions for Doc.: How Theory Informs Pract. and Pract. Informs Theory. Proc. of the 21st Annu. Int. Conf. on Doc.

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 73-79

  Spinuzzi, Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Data Analysis; Data Collection; Field Notes; Handheld PCs; Observational Research

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

FIELD NOTES; HANDHELD PC; HUMAN FACTOR; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 17044435459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/944868.944884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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