Comments on: PowerPivot – Part 2 of 4: Prepping the census data http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/02/27/powerpivot-part-2-of-4-prepping-the-census-data/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: fzz http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/02/27/powerpivot-part-2-of-4-prepping-the-census-data/#comment-44285 fzz Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=3613#comment-44285 <p>Maybe, just maybe, there's a reason real statisticians use real stats software to do real statistical analysis. Something like using the right tool for the task.</p> <p>Even if you want to use Excel for some part of the analysis, stats software would be much handier for converting data file formats. Like the GNU Project's PSPP which handles SPSS files. Very flexible, very fast, no pointless reinventing the wheel.</p> Maybe, just maybe, there’s a reason real statisticians use real stats software to do real statistical analysis. Something like using the right tool for the task.

Even if you want to use Excel for some part of the analysis, stats software would be much handier for converting data file formats. Like the GNU Project’s PSPP which handles SPSS files. Very flexible, very fast, no pointless reinventing the wheel.

]]> By: Halford http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/02/27/powerpivot-part-2-of-4-prepping-the-census-data/#comment-44276 Halford Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=3613#comment-44276 <p>Try UltraEdit or any other good text editor. UltraEdit will open large files and has column editing.</p> Try UltraEdit or any other good text editor. UltraEdit will open large files and has column editing.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/02/27/powerpivot-part-2-of-4-prepping-the-census-data/#comment-44255 Kevin Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=3613#comment-44255 <p>Thanks great stuff.</p> Thanks great stuff.

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