TY - JOUR
T1 - Data entry errors in an on-line operation
AU - Norton, Susan L.
AU - Buchanan, Anne V.
AU - Rossmann, David L.
AU - Chakraborty, Ranajit
AU - Weiss, Kenneth M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grant CA-19311 from the National Cancer Institute. Additional funding was provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Grants GM-19513 and GM-00230. This is Demographic Epidemiology of Aging and Disease Paper No. 7.
PY - 1981/4
Y1 - 1981/4
N2 - In an epidemiological investigation of the population of Laredo, Texas, baptism records from the Catholic church have been entered into a dedicted computer through an interactive, on-line system. The errors that occurred in the transcription process have been analyzed by a procedure of triple entry of sampled records. Special attention is paid to the rate and types of error in the entry of personal names. ANOVA and variance component analysis reveals the importance of field and data entry technician for error rates. Some practical suggestions, based on our experience with a large data entry operation, are offered.
AB - In an epidemiological investigation of the population of Laredo, Texas, baptism records from the Catholic church have been entered into a dedicted computer through an interactive, on-line system. The errors that occurred in the transcription process have been analyzed by a procedure of triple entry of sampled records. Special attention is paid to the rate and types of error in the entry of personal names. ANOVA and variance component analysis reveals the importance of field and data entry technician for error rates. Some practical suggestions, based on our experience with a large data entry operation, are offered.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-4809(81)90035-5
DO - 10.1016/0010-4809(81)90035-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 7273719
AN - SCOPUS:0019469835
SN - 0010-4809
VL - 14
SP - 179
EP - 198
JO - Computers and Biomedical Research
JF - Computers and Biomedical Research
IS - 2
ER -