[texhax] Newbie Question: (La)TeX Good Choice for Data Collection Forms in PDF?
cryan at binghamton.edu
cryan at binghamton.edu
Wed Sep 9 15:37:55 CEST 2009
I have used LaTeX to design a questionnaire for a research project. Not a clinical case report form, but a survey form to be completed by the subjects, on paper. Similar idea: fields to be filled in, checkboxes, multiple choice questions, etc. It worked. It was hard. If I had it to do over again, I'd use OpenOffice.org Writer, a typical "WYSIWYG" word processor. Also free. Also comes ready with easy pdf export.
No disrespect to LaTeX of course. Been using it for a long time, though I claim no expertise. But it's not always the best/easiest/fastest way to get the job done. No single tool is.
--Chris Ryan
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:37:13 -0500
>From: Jack Ort <JOrt at ResearchPoint.com>
>Subject: [texhax] Newbie Question: (La)TeX Good Choice for Data Collection Forms in PDF?
>To: texhax at tug.org
>
> Hello! I apologize if this is the wrong place to
> ask this question, but I have been frantically
> searching for information on TeX and LaTex, and
> whether or not it would be a good choice for
> designing data collection forms. Specifically these
> would be clinical Case Report Forms (CRFs), where
> patient data such as vital signs, laboratory
> results, etc. would need to be collected across
> multiple clinic visits. Typically these forms will
> have groups of empty boxes (with labels) for manual
> entry, questions with Yes/No checkboxes, lines for
> capturing free-text comments, and often tabular data
> entry sections as well.
>
> Ideally, forms could be stored in a "library" for
> reuse and modification as needed.
>
> Eventually these forms need to go to PDF, either for
> printing or for conversion to a data entry screen
> for a web-based data collection system.
>
> We are considering Framemaker, but the cost and
> learning curve are steep! If it is relevant, would
> be using a Windows XP system to run whatever package
> we choose.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
>
> Best regards,
> -Jack
>
> *************************************
> www.ResearchPoint.com
>
> This electronic communication in its entirety may
> contain privileged and confidential information
> intended solely for the use of the addressee named
> above. If you are not the intended recipient of
> this communication, or the employee or agent
> responsible for delivering it to the intended
> recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading,
> dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of
> this message and/or attachment(s) of this
> communication, is strictly prohibited. If you have
> received this communication in error, please
> immediately notify the sender by replying to this
> communication or by telephone at (512) 343-1092 and
> destroy this communication in its entirety.
> *************************************
>________________
>_______________________________________________
>TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
>Mailing list archives: http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/
>More links: http://tug.org/begin.html
>
>Automated subscription management: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax
>Human mailing list managers: postmaster at tug.org
More information about the texhax
mailing list