Who is using Base? What are they using it for?

surveys (for example compilation of survey results
 
The difficulty here is that Excel type formats are not really suitable for survey analysis. You cannot get the depth of analysis that specific survey analysis programs like SPSS can provide. Frequency tables and cross-tabulations may tell you where you have been, but give no indication of where you should be going. The modules to SPSS do this and, what is important, they are user friendly...  If you want to see what survey analysis can really do then go to www.kudos-dynamics.com   However cost is a major consideration - best if you can link with someone who has a license. Many universities  have SPSS licences or you can prepare a data file and get someone like the above refernece to run it for you.
 
While Open Office is open source, beware of the open source analysis programme PSPP - it is NOT a clone of SPSS and you get what you pay for (nothing).  It is full of bugs.  A cheap way of getting into SPSS is its student edition - it has some limitations that can be overcome - if you have queries then ask me
 
Brian Steel
 




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From: Drew Jensen <userslist@...>
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Sent: Monday, 6 July, 2009 7:24:55 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-users] Who is using Base? What are they using it for?

second page of survey,

For which tasks do you use the database application OpenOffice.org Base?
Check any that apply  address management (for example mail merge for form letters)
human resource data management
DVD or CD management
photo archive maintenance
database administration
other


a few additional ideas:

bills/invoices
Inventory management
Contact management ( for example follow up sales calls)
surveys (for example compilation of survey results)


Any other ideas?

Drew




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