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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 1996 Nov-Dec;45(6):370–372. doi: 10.1097/00006199-199611000-00015

Table II.

Comparison of time required to use the digitizer and a micrometer to measure 100 VASs and enter scores for 10 variables.

Digitizer Procedures time*
(min)		 Micrometer Procedures time*
(min)
1. Connecting the digitizer to a computer and accessing the dig2 program. 3 1. Measuring and encoding the 100 VAS scores. 45
2. Creating a dig2 file with 11 variables (one subject identification value and 10 VAS variables). 4 2. Creating a Crunch4 file with 11 variables (one subject identification value and 10 VAS variables). 3
3. Scoring and simultaneously entering 100 VAS scores into a dig2 file. 25 3. Entering encoded scores to Crunch4 database. 12
4. Converting the dig2 file to SPSS/PC, ASCI, or DIF file. 0
5. Writing ASCI file to Crunch4 file. 8
Total 40 Total 60
*

rounded to nearest minute.