# REDCap Overview ## Support ### Self Supported Tool Supported at MGH by "Research Applications" email: [email protected] Getting Started Website: http://rc.partners.org/redcapgettingstarted Access: https://redcap.partners.org What is REDCap? Research Electronic Data Capture Web based tool, mix of survey and excel. Writer controls content ## Steps: 1 Create new project 2 Project Setup Checklist 3 Design instruments 4 Enable modules 5 Test 6 Request move to production ## Direct entry - done by MGB password agents (usually researcher) ## Surveys - do not require login - generate a unique URL ## Longitudinal or Traditional? - Traditional, one (known) episode of time - Longitudinal - same instrument over time - Potentially can start traditional and move to longitudinal ## Online Designer - Point and click interface that allows you to use design a data management tool - Should consider how it is going to be analyzed - WHAT IS THE QUESTION WE ARE REALLY ASKING? ## Smart Variabilities/Action Tags/Piping - Helpful for default values - Helpful for hiding/displaying fields in a survey - Additional functionality - Piping - pull data to display, send, etc. - could pipe previous responses into a form to show them how they answered questions - Smart Variables - reference metadata fields, conditional logic, survey queue - Allows you to pull data through to display in other ways ## Embedded fields - the design - Q/A, Q/A, Q/A - can program to display answers together (other text box can be embedded right with radio button) ## Branching Logic - add and display fields depending upon answers/logic/conditions - "Show fields only if female" etc. ## Calculated fields - does math behind the scenes - can send a survey via a date diff to determine the sending date (every 2 weeks, etc) -