Choosing a data management system checklist
Before choosing a system considering the following
questions
may be useful:
- Who will perform data entry and where will it occur?
- Do you want to buy software or a service?
- What will be the costs for setting up the system?
- What will be the costs to maintain the system?
- Will it perform logic checks, range checks and coding checks?
- Will it support the ways you want to work?group, electronic
record systems or through routinely collected data. Investigators
should
be aware of Data Protection legislation in your own country.
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This page was last updated March 2009.