Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading  Processing Request

Comparing the efficiency of paper-based and electronic data capture during face-to-face interviews.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
اقرأ على الانترنت اقرأ أكثر حفظ في قائمتي
  • المؤلفون: Tate A;Tate A; Smallwood C; Smallwood C
  • المصدر:
    PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Mar 08; Vol. 16 (3), pp. e0247570. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 08 (Print Publication: 2021).
  • نوع النشر :
    Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • الموضوع:
      Fisheries* ; Marine Biology* ; Surveys and Questionnaires*; Interviews as Topic/*methods; Animals ; Aquatic Organisms ; Australia ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Data Accuracy ; Fishes ; Humans ; Random Allocation ; Recreation ; Western Australia
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      On-site surveys involving face-to-face interviews are implemented globally across many scientific disciplines. Incorporating new technologies into such surveys by using electronic devices is becoming more common and is widely viewed to be more cost-effective and accurate. However, Electronic Data Capture methods (EDC) when compared to traditional Paper-based Data Capture (PDC) are often implemented without proper evaluation of any changes in efficiency, especially from surveys in coastal and marine environments. A roving creel survey of recreational shore-based fishers in Western Australia in 2019 enabled a direct comparison between the two methods. Randomisation strategies were employed to ensure biases in using each technique were minimised. A total of 1,068 interviews with recreational fishers were undertaken with a total error rate of 5.1% (CI95%: 4.8-5.3%) for PDC and 3.1% (CI95%: 2.9-3.3%) for EDC. These results confirmed that EDC can reduce errors whilst increasing efficiency and decreasing cost, although some aspects of this platform could be improved with some streamlining. This study demonstrates how EDC can be successfully implemented in coastal and marine environments without compromising the randomised, stratified nature of a survey and highlights the cost-effectiveness of this method. Such findings can be widely applied to any discipline which uses face-to-face interviews for data collection.
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
    • References:
      PLoS One. 2013 Sep 16;8(9):e74570. (PMID: 24066147)
      PLoS One. 2018 May 21;13(5):e0197434. (PMID: 29782504)
      PLoS One. 2019 Jul 26;14(7):e0215266. (PMID: 31348788)
      PLoS One. 2019 Dec 4;14(12):e0225859. (PMID: 31800602)
      Ecol Appl. 2010 Dec;20(8):2203-22. (PMID: 21265452)
      PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25348. (PMID: 21966505)
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20210308 Date Completed: 20210913 Latest Revision: 20210913
    • الموضوع:
      20240829
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC7939350
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0247570
    • الرقم المعرف:
      33684116