REDCap
Welcome to REDCap
REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap's streamlined process for rapidly creating and designing projects offers a vast array of tools that can be tailored to virtually any data collection strategy.
REDCap provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R), as well as a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields.
Learn more about REDCap by watching a brief summary video (4 min). To view other quick video tutorials of REDCap in action and an overview of its features, see REDCap's Training Resources.
Please note that any publication that results from a project utilizing REDCap should cite grant support (CTSI Grant UL1TR001881). Learn more about how to Cite the CTSI Grant and Cite REDCap.
NOTICE: If you are collecting data for the purposes of human subjects research, review and approval of the project is required by your Institutional Review Board.
If you require assistance or have any questions about REDCap, please contact redcap@mednet.ucla.edu.
About
REDCap is a mature, secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. Using REDCap’s stream-lined process for rapidly developing projects, you may create and design projects using 1) the online method from your web browser using the Online Designer; and/or 2) the offline method by constructing a ‘data dictionary’ template file in Microsoft Excel, which can be later uploaded into REDCap. Both surveys and databases (or a mixture of the two) can be built using these methods.
REDCap provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R), as well as a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields.
REDCap Features
- Build online surveys and case report forms quickly and securely – Create and design your project rapidly using secure web authentication from your browser. No extra software or programming knowledge is required.
- Fast and flexible – Conception to production-level survey/eCRF in potentially less than one day depending on project complexity.
- Export data to common data analysis packages – Export your data to Microsoft Excel, PDF, SAS, Stata, R, or SPSS for data analysis.
- Ad Hoc Reporting – Create custom queries for generating reports to view or download.
- Easily manage a contact list of survey respondents or create a simple survey link – Build a list of email contacts, create custom email invitations, and track who responds, or you may also create a single survey link to email out or post on a website.
- Save your data collection instruments as a PDF to print – Generate a PDF version of your forms and surveys for printing to collect data offline.
- Advanced features – Auto-validation, calculated fields, file uploading, branching/skip logic, and survey stop actions.
- REDCap API – Have external applications connect to REDCap remotely in a programmatic or automated fashion.
- Data Queries – Document the process of resolving data issues using the Data Resolution Workflow module.
- Piping – Inject previously collected data values into question labels, survey invitation emails, etc. to provide a more customized experience.