EPIDATA really appropriate??
QUESTION: I may be addressing a biased audiance, but Id like some reassurance that EpiData is the best way to go for capturing questionnaire data, which will then be transferred to STATA. I had started an EpiInfo database but then realized that it does not support double data entry...or at least not very easily.
Thanks!!
Todd
Technical Public Health Advisor, Epidemiologist
Technical Support Unit (STAO) Médecins du Monde 62 rue Marcadet Paris-75018 Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 92 14 79 Fax: +33 (0)1 44 92 99 92 E-mail: todd.swarthout@medecinsdumonde.net
Hi; EpiData does just what EpiInfo 6 was doing, more easily (Windows interface), and with extended check capabilities. It does include an export-to-stata function, that (as far as I used it, which is pretty much) works fine. As far as I'm concerned (and given the constraints of dealing with field persons who are not computer specialists -I did the same as you with MSF for a long time-), the answer to your question is 'Yes'! Best regards, ______________________________________________ Gilles DELMAS Epidémiologiste Institut de Veille Sanitaire Dept. Maladies Infectieuses, Unité infections entériques, alimentaires et zoonoses 12 rue du Val d'Osne 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex - France + 33 1 41 79 67 27 g.delmas@invs.sante.fr ______________________________________________
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QUESTION: I may be addressing a biased audiance, but Id like some reassurance that EpiData is the best way to go for capturing questionnaire data, which will then be transferred to STATA. I had started an EpiInfo database but then realized that it does not support double data entry...or at least not very easily.
Thanks!!
Todd
Technical Public Health Advisor, Epidemiologist
Technical Support Unit (STAO) Médecins du Monde 62 rue Marcadet Paris-75018 Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 92 14 79 Fax: +33 (0)1 44 92 99 92 E-mail: todd.swarthout@medecinsdumonde.net
Of course, the addressees will be biased, they all have been intrigued by the "Epi Info family". We have been using Epi Info (DOS) in our operations research courses for many years and then moved gradually over to EpiData as it developed - and I have never been looking back!
For some transition time we had used EpiData Entry and the Epi Info 6 analysis module, but meanwhile EpiData Analysis has progressed to the point where we have been safely and happily making the switch to solely using EpiData software. I believe that it offers all anybody needs for data entry (and excels and surpasses any alternative). It covers most of the analytic needs, and in case you needmore sophistication, the Export options will allow using any of your preferred proprietary software.
Thus in response, it is emphatically a "yes" to your question.
Hans
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QUESTION: I may be addressing a biased audiance, but Id like some reassurance that EpiData is the best way to go for capturing questionnaire data, which will then be transferred to STATA. I had started an EpiInfo database but then realized that it does not support double data entry...or at least not very easily.
Thanks!!
Todd
Technical Public Health Advisor, Epidemiologist
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