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Clinimetric Data Management Software for Interactive Data Entry (V00157)

Version: V5.6, September 1986
Submitted By: Messrs. W. Dupont & W. Plummer, Vanderbilt University
Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.1
Source Language: MACRO-32, FORTRAN 77
Keywords: Data Base Management
Memory Requirements: Any reasonable working set
Changes & Improvements: Miscellaneous bug fixes

Abstract: The CLINIMETRIC Data Management System (CDMS) facilitates interactive data entry and editing by people without previous computer skills. The user first writes a simple program that defines the data dictionaries of the data files that are to be entered. This program is then compiled to create control files that enable the package's utility programs to be customized to the user's needs.

Data may then be entered, edited and reviewed using the interactive data entry utility. Prompting messages obtained from the data dictionaries guide the user through each data form. One or more data values may be entered in free format between prompting messages. This makes data entry and editing tasks easy to learn and perform. Entry errors can be detected and corrected immediately. Lists of remaining edit checks can be generated for subsequent verification and correction. Data points that are not entered are automatically assigned missing value codes. The user may alter the order of data entry to skip missing entries or change previously entered values.

An indexed file structure allows rapid and convenient access to any record in each file. Interactive inter-file edit checks can enforce consistency between files in a multi-file data base. Other features include interactive help messages, relational edit checks, date variables, record certification, and automatic case conversion. CDMS data files may be accessed as sequential files with fixed data formats. Documentation files provide the column location and format of each variable in the file and summarize the data dictionary. A utility converts existing sequential files into a CDMS system.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:22:42 1996