Cohen Dorothy B, Frawley Sandra J, Shifman Mark A, Miller Perry L, Brandt Cynthia
Yale Center for Medical Informatics, New Haven, CT, USA.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003;2003:817.
We devised an algorithm for integrating similar clinical research data collection instruments to create a common measurement instrument. We tested this algorithm using questions from several similar surveys. We encountered differing levels of granularity among questions and responses across surveys resulting in either the loss of granularity or data. This algorithm may make survey integration more systematic and efficient.
我们设计了一种算法,用于整合类似的临床研究数据收集工具,以创建一个通用的测量工具。我们使用来自几个类似调查的问题对该算法进行了测试。我们发现不同调查中的问题和回答在粒度上存在差异,这导致了粒度或数据的丢失。该算法可能会使调查整合更加系统和高效。