I'm using MS Excel 2000 to analyse a lot of data. But its function is not powerful & convenient enough. (Mainly, I use basic logical functions)
I've had a look at MS Access. But it is not suitable for me.
What other choice(s) may I try? If the software can also do graphical representation, it will be great!
2007-01-19 13:58:47 · 11 answers · asked by exsolister 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
You could try either SPSS or Prism helped me through my PhD.
Google them.
Good luck
2007-01-19 14:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by toietmoi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By knowing really well how to use Excel you can do almost anything....
I once created a whole system to automatically pre-qualify a person to receive a mortgage loan based on basic and specialized information given....
20 minutes of work (pre-qualifying a client) reduced to 1 minute of work...
now I can pre-qualify 20 people instead of one in 20 minutes... Thats only an example, but like that I have done systems which fill complete forms automatically, others that see the mortgage process and analyze it in graphs, others that analyze the growth of businesses.... All these with the built-in functions... I am not even using Macros, because I don't know how to use Macros, but I bet it would be much much more incredible with Macros...
Any specific question of how to do something in Excel, email me to cra_88@hotmail.com
2007-01-22 11:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by CRA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing that cant be done using excel. Your work sounds challenging to me. May be i can help you analyse the data using excel. Let me give a try.
Can you provide me your number. If you have ur computer on and the excel file open, i can try helping u rite away.
you can email me at herochenna@yahoo.com or call me at 415-233-6494
Thanks
Sami
2007-01-20 08:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lotus Approach is supposed to be similar to Access but I find it much more powerful and easier to use. Microsoft works so hard to force you to use their stuff, it makes the stuff not work as well.
Lotus focuses on making the stuff actually work, so it is a lot more friendly. I believe that Lotus Suite has graphical stuff though I use Corel for a lot more flexibility.
2007-01-19 14:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by No Bushrons 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try download.com its safe and is usually free. They have a lot of software downloads for what you are trying to do. Or go to an MS office website and see if you can find some help there.
2007-01-19 14:03:07 · answer #5 · answered by K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You definitely want to look up SPSS and for the love of me I can't remember what it stands for.
Stastical Package Social Science or something like that... It's a pain to learn but very good.
2007-01-19 14:07:21 · answer #6 · answered by Snuz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
I used something called MathCad at university when I was studying Functions, with it I could also produce charts, comparison graph, grahs of functions. etc.
I decided to forget about functions once I had completed this module so I did not get chance to explore its full uses and limitations.
information on mathcad:
http://www.ptc.com/products/mathcad/detailed_information.htm
Hope this helps
2007-01-19 14:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by babe_boo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Access is necessary for true deep analysis of data.
I don't care for it either but I find it very powerful. Much more so then Excel.
2007-01-19 14:06:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, FreeBSD, get a stable Linux distro, Ubuntu is good because it has the GUI interface that windows users are use to.
Its free
2007-01-19 14:02:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what kind of data analysis, but if you mean statistical analysis, I've used FoxPro and SPSS.
2007-01-19 14:07:11 · answer #10 · answered by sarcastro1976 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋