The Young Researcher's Guide to Creating Data Mastersheets

作     者：Andrade, Chittaranjan 

作者机构：Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neurosci Dept Clin Psychopharmacol & Neurotoxicol Bengaluru Karnataka India 

出 版 物：《INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE》 (Indian J. Psychol. Med.)

年 卷 期：2022年第44卷第6期

页      面：618-619页

基　　金：The author received no financial support for the research  authorship  and/or publication of this article 

主　　题：Datasheets mastersheets spreadsheets worksheets data coding data entry 

摘      要：Researchers who have completed a study need to transfer their data from individual patient research files to a mastersheet. This article is a beginner s guide to creating data spreadsheets that can be shared with others and imported into statistical programs. The article discusses choice of spreadsheet software, use of separate worksheets for main data and granular data, use of columns for variables and rows for patient data, coding data, entry of data into cells in the worksheets, and other matters.