Statistics Corner: Structured Data Entry
Kamal Kishore, Rakesh K. Kapoor · Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Education and Research · 2019
Reality c h e c k"Let us assume that an investigator conducted a trial and collected various demographic, clinical, psychiatric and radiological characteristics of the participants enrolled in the study."An immediate challenge in front of the investigator is to carefully arrange data before analysis and interpretation.In this context, investigator searched the literature and found some useful tips to prepare data sheet for analysis.However, the investigator has certain questions regarding data entry for which she needs clarity.• Is there a structured way or format to enter the data in spreadsheet or data analysis software?• Does the structure or format of data entry vary according to the study design?• Do nature (scale) and classification (independent or dependent variable) of variable impact data entry and analysis?• Is there any systematic way to arrange inter and intra-clinical profile of patient?