REDCap provides:

1) an intuitive interface for data entry (with data validation);

2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures;

3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R); and

4) procedures for importing data from external sources.

Advantages of REDCap

• Availability · Available at no direct cost for CCTST members.
• Secure and web-based · Input data from anywhere in the world over secure web connection with authentication and data logging.
• Fast and flexible · Conception to production-level database in less than one day.
• Multi-site access · REDCap projects can be used by researchers from multiple sites and institutions.
• Autonomous utilization · Research groups have complete autonomy and control to add new users.
• Export data to common data analysis packages · Exports raw data and syntax files for SAS, Stata, R and SPSS.
• Fully customizable · You are in total control of shaping your database.
• Advanced features · Mid-study modifications, auto-validation and branching logic.
  
  

The CCTST now offers online training modules, which we encourage users to complete. Vanderbilt University also hosts an extensive library of videos which you can browse to learn more.