Evaluation of a computer-assisted data entry procedure (including Teleform) for large-scale mailed surveys

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Jinks ◽  
Kelvin Jordan ◽  
Peter Croft
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Computer Assisted

scholarly journals Managing data entry of a large-scale interview project with optical scanning hardware and software

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cole Barton ◽  
Chris Hatcher ◽  
Karen Schurig ◽  
Paul Marciano ◽  
Kathryn Wilcox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Optical Scanning

scholarly journals Citizen workshops in public libraries to disseminate and discuss primary care research results: a scaling-up study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Massougbodji ◽  
Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun ◽  
Evehouenou Lionel Adisso ◽  
Jasmine Sawadogo ◽  
Valérie Borde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
General Public ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Research Results

Abstract Background Little is known about engaging patients and stakeholders in the process of scaling up effective knowledge translation interventions targeting the general public. Using an integrated knowledge translation approach, we aimed to scale up and evaluate an effective pilot program of disseminating research results in public libraries. Methods We conducted a scaling-up study targeting the general public. Based on our successful pilot project, we co-developed and implemented a larger-scale program of free citizen workshops in public libraries, this time in close research partnership with stakeholders and patient representatives. Citizen workshops, each facilitated by one participating physician and one science communicator, consisted of a 45-min computer-assisted presentation and a 45-min open exchange. Additional scale-up costs included offering financial incentives to stakeholders involved and the purchase of audio-visual equipment. The intervention outcome was knowledge gained. Scale-up outcomes were satisfaction, appropriateness, coverage, time and costs. An evaluation questionnaire was used to collect data of interest. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed. Results The workshop theme chosen by patient and stakeholder representatives was the high prevalence of medication overuse among people over 65 years of age. From April to May 2019, 26 workshops were given in 25 public libraries reaching 362 people. Eighteen participating physicians and six science communicators facilitated the workshops. Participants reported significant knowledge gain (mean difference 2.1, 95% CI 2.0–2.2, P < .001). Median score for overall public satisfaction was 9/10 (IQR 8–10). A high level of appropriateness of the workshops was globally rated by the public participants Coverage was 92.6% of the total number of public libraries targeted. Costs were $6,051.84 CAD for workshop design and $22,935.41 CAD for scaling them up. Conclusion This project successfully established a large-scale and successful KT bridge between researchers, clinicians, and citizens via public libraries. This study provides a model for a dissemination practice that benefits the general public by both engaging them in the dissemination process and by targeting them directly.

A computer-assisted automatic conceptual design system for the distributed multi-disciplinary resource environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (6) ◽  
pp. 1094-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Chen ◽  
You-Bai Xie
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Design System ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Detail Design ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Design Resources ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Resource Environment

The trend of large-scale development of design industry requires efficient and full use of the rich design resources in the distributed multi-disciplinary resource environment. However, the designers are susceptible to many subjective and objective impacts, like knowledge structure, computing capability, geographic position, and administrative division. These impacts make the usage of design resources unstable and inefficient. Therefore, this paper proposed a computer-assisted automatic conceptual design system (CACDS). This system assumes that the design resources in the distributed multi-disciplinary resource environment exist in the form of functional elements with the same format, so that, the geographic, administrative, and disciplinary barriers in the design process can be broken, and the design resources can be fully used. CACDS is based on a group of basic concepts and their representations, its core is a functional solution generating algorithm, which is used to automatically generate functional solutions. As the result of the conceptual design, these functional solutions are also the starting point of the following detail design phase. Finally, a lighting system for underground greenhouse is designed as an illustrative case to validate the feasibility of the proposed CACDS.

Leveraging Technology for Optimization of Health Survey Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-581
Author(s):  
Shobana Sivaraman ◽  
Punit Soni
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Quality Of Data

Public health deals with promotion of health, prevention and treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases by designing appropriate health interventions and services to deliver through the health systems. There is a need for robust database on the magnitude of disease burden, socio-demographic characteristics and associated risk factors for evidence-based effective planning and developing appropriate strategies, their implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Although India has vast information available through various large-scale surveys and research studies, it still lacks a reliable health information management system. The available data are seldom analysed to draw meaningful conclusions, to develop evidence for policies and strategies and to measure effectiveness of health programmes. The challenges faced in the survey research are multifaceted, from data collection in the field to its rapid transmission of data to central data servers. There is an increasing trend in using technology, especially computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI) which is not only expensive but also requires extensive training and information management for transmission of data and its storage. This article examines the application of technology in survey research for efficient data management and to improve data quality. A software called Open Data Kit (ODK) was used for data collection and real-time monitoring of interviewers in field to improve the quality of data collection, achieve desired response rate (RR) and for better field operations’ management. The data collection and field reporting forms designed using ODK act as a significant tool to demonstrate how technology can be used to articulate research expectations at various levels with lower cost and higher efficiency. The research article examines all possible aspects of using technology in Health Survey Research. It aims to introduce further discussion of using technology for field data collection and monitoring.

scholarly journals Brush-Holder Integrated Load Sensor Prototype for SAG Grinding Mill Motor

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrasco ◽  
Álvarez ◽  
Velázquez ◽  
Concha ◽  
Pérez-Cotapos
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Inspection Time ◽  
Inspection System ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Internal Parameters ◽  
Inspection Tasks ◽  
Grinding Mill

One of the most widely used electro-mechanical systems in large-scale mining is the electric motor. This device is employed in practically every phase of production. For this reason, it needs to be inspected regularly to maintain maximum operability, thus avoiding unplanned stoppages. In order to identify potential faults, regular check-ups are performed to measure the internal parameters of the components, especially the brushes and brush-holders. Both components must be properly aligned and calibrated to avoid electric arcs to the internal insulation of the motor. Although there is an increasing effort to improve inspection tasks, most inspection procedures are manual, leading to unnecessary costs in inspection time, errors in data entry, and, in extreme cases, measurement errors. This research presents the design, development, and assessment of an integrated measurement prototype for measuring spring tension and other key parameters in brush-holders used in electric motors. It aims to provide the mining industry with a new, fully automatic inspection system that will facilitate maintenance and checking. Our development research was carried out specifically on the brush system of a SAG grinding mill motor. These machines commonly use SIEMENS motors; however, the instrument can be easily adapted to any motor by simply changing the physical dimensions of the prototype.

scholarly journals The performance of publicness in social media: tracing patterns in tweets after a disaster

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Stable Set ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Large Scale Analysis ◽  
The Social

This article sets out to contribute to the critical understanding of public communication in social media by studying the use of Twitter after a severe earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2011. It also sets out to contribute to methodologies for studying this particular kind of publicness. It argues that the contours of the ‘social imaginary’ of the public, which are usually so hard to delineate and can be approached only in fragments or typical form, can be identified a little more clearly in the traces that people leave behind in their social media communication at critical, reflexive moments such as in the aftermath of disaster. The article draws on computer-assisted discourse analysis, specifically a corpus-linguistic-informed analysis of half a million tweets, in order to describe four main public discursive moves that were prevalent in this form of public communication. This is not to claim to describe a stable set of norms, but in fact the reverse. The article suggests that empirical, large-scale analysis of public communication in different situations, media and places opens up a project in which the varying norms of public communication are described and critiqued as they emerge in a range of discursive situations.

A Quantitative Comparison of SSA Interviewing Activities with and without Computer Assistance

1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 581-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Hoecker ◽  
Richard W. Pew
Keyword(s):  
Process Condition ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
System Response ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Social Security Administration ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Computer Data ◽  
Computer Assistance ◽  
Cent Increase ◽  
Time Required

The purpose of the reported experiments was to learn the effects of different forms of computer assistance on the performance of field personnel of the Social Security Administration as they interview potential beneficiaries. Twenty-four subjects, twelve qualified in each of two interviewer positions, learned to operate different interfaces (labelled Systems W, P, and T) that simulated interaction with computer data-handling systems. They then conducted simulated interviews with each other, during which predefined categories of interviewer activity were sampled at 15-second intervals. Results showed that for the interviews simulated and regardless of the systems tested, computer-assisted interviews lasted more than 4 minutes longer on the average than did conventional paper-process interviews. This was a 97 per cent increase for two short interviews that averaged 4.7 minutes in the paper-process condition, and a 27 per cent increase for a moderately long interview that averaged 20.2 minutes in that condition. The additional time required for computer-assisted interviews was primarily due to two factors: (1) time spent waiting for a response from the terminal, and (2) more time being required for data entry (i.e., keyboarding) in the computer-assisted process than for its analog (i.e., writing plus handling) in the paper-forms process. These data point in some initial directions for optimizing person/machine system performance in this context, for example by controlling system response delays at different levels of interaction. Further, these data, in combination with other data developed by SSA, provide a means for attaching dollar values to particular system and interface configurations.

Use of a Smartphone GPS Application for Recurrent Travel Behavior Data Collection

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (7) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann Lynch ◽  
Jeffrey Dumont ◽  
Elizabeth Greene ◽  
Jonathan Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Completion Rate ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Household Travel Survey ◽  
Continuous Survey ◽  
Household Travel

Smartphone-based household travel survey (HTS) studies to date have typically followed the two-part survey process that has historically been used for paper, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and online HTS. In this two-part survey process, households provide demographic data in a recruit survey (part one) and record trips in a travel diary (part two) often at a later date. The Metropolitan Council, the planning organization serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Minnesota, has conducted a pilot study for their cyclical HTS, the Travel Behavior Inventory (TBI), that is one of the first large-scale fields of an all-in-one smartphone HTS design. For the 2018 TBI pilot, the traditional two-part survey was merged into a continuous survey experience within a smartphone app. The TBI pilot used a split sample to test this all-in-one design against a traditional two-part smartphone survey design. For the all-in-one design, households were invited to sign in directly to the smartphone application instead of first recruiting online or by phone. The pilot results provide a direct comparison of the two-part and all-in-one designs at the household-, person-, and trip-levels. The results showed a lower overall recruit and completion rate for the all-in-one design but showed clear promise for increasing representation of younger and lower-income populations—traditionally hard-to-reach groups who completed at a higher rate with all-in-one. The authors discuss several factors which may have contributed to the lower overall completion rate and describe planned updates for future waves of the TBI aimed at improving overall response while maintaining the developments that have improved representation from hard-to-reach groups.

scholarly journals Evaluating the impact of climate on snow- and ice-melt dynamics in the Taillon basin, French Pyrénées

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (145) ◽  
pp. 563-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Hannah ◽  
Glenn R. McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Budgets ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Atmospheric Circulation Patterns ◽  
Ice Melt ◽  
Circulation Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Snow And Ice Melt ◽  
Snow And Ice

AbstractThis pilot study adopts a computer-assisted synoptic typing methodology to evaluate the totality of climatic influences on snow- and ice-melt dynamics within a small cirque basin in the French Pyrénées. The synoptic categories identified possess contrasting large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns and surface energy budgets which generate differential ablation responses. Continental air masses yield consistently high melt. Advection of moist maritime air also produces elevated but more variable ablation due to air-mass transitions. The two observed local valley circulation types show melt to be higher under nocturnal katabatic drainage than for anabatic wind flows associated with development of daytime ridge-top cumulus.

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