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DU REDCap Support

The aim of the guide is to provide tutorials, feature support, and troubleshooting to help University of Denver researchers effectively use the REDCap secure, web-based application for their data collection and management needs.

If you publish an article or data based on a project run in REDCap, please cite this study:

Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2008.08.010

PMID: 18929686

Example boilerplate language to use with in-text citation:

“Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the University of Denver. REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing 1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for importing data from external sources.”