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A 64-item questionnaire was distributed through the mail to certified public accountants (CPAs), lawyers, pharmacists and physicians in the Baltimore City area to determine their experience with, and attitudes towards, electronic computers. Return rates were not significantly different for the four groups and averaged 27.7 per cent for all groups combined. The data analyses are based on 521 replies.
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Zoltan-Ford, E., Chapanis, A. (1982). What Do Professional Persons Think about Computers?. In: Anderson, J.G., Jay, S.J. (eds) Use and Impact of Computers in Clinical Medicine. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8674-2_5
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