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- Title
SamplEase: a simple application for collection and organization of biological specimen data in the field.
- Authors
Alhaddad, Hasan; Alhajeri, Bader H.
- Abstract
Careful collection and organization of biological specimens and their associated data are at the core of field research (e.g., ecology, genetics). Fieldwork data are often collected by handwriting or unsystematically via an electronic device (e.g., laptop), a process that is time‐intensive, disorganized, and may lead to transcription errors, as data are copied to a more permanent repository. SamplEase is an iOS and Android application that is designed to ease the process of collecting biological specimen data in the field (data associated with biological samples, such as location, age, and sex). In addition to biological specimen data, SamplEase allows for the assignment of photographs to each collected sample, which provides visual records of each specimen in its environment. SamplEase outputs biological specimen data in a tabular format, facilitating subsequent analyses and dissemination. Despite the simplicity of SamplEase, no similar data management application is readily available for researchers. SamplEase is an iOS and Android application that is designed to ease the process of collecting biological specimen data in the field. SamplEase also outputs biological specimen data in a tabular format, facilitating subsequent analyses and dissemination.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL specimen analysis; SAMPLING (Process); DATA curation
- Publication
Ecology & Evolution (20457758), 2018, Vol 8, Issue 20, p10266
- ISSN
2045-7758
- Publication type
Product Review
- DOI
10.1002/ece3.4503