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Spreadsheets and Databases as Tools for Data Management

Posted on March 6, 2020

Is the spreadsheet you’re using for research data starting to get unwieldy?  For research projects of any size it’s important to think about the tools that will best suit your data collection, recording, and analysis …

Posted in DatabasesTagged Data Management, Database, Spreadsheet
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