Evaluating the accuracy of data collection on mobile phones: A study of forms, SMS, and voice

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 74-84

  Patnaik, Somani ^a   Brunskill, Emma ^a   Thies, William ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD APPLICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA ENTRIES; ELECTRONIC FORMS; ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ERROR RATE; HEALTH DATA; HIGH-ACCURACY; MOBILE DATA; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; TEXT MESSAGES;

ERRORS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 77950265659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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