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Does BEST Viewpoints contain any analysis capabilities similar to those found in Microsoft Excel PivotTable®?
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Yes. Users state that the analysis capabilities provided by BEST Viewpoints are even more powerful,
but are still easier to use.
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Can I utilize cross tabs?
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Yes. You can utilize many types of cross tabs, and you can receive the output in numerical or graphical form
(bar charts, percentile bar charts, box plots, etc.).
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What file formats does BEST Viewpoints read?
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It imports any format accepted by Mathematica (xls, csv, tsv, stx, xpt, mtp, mdb, txt, etc.).
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Can I read data in databases?
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Yes. You can read directly from databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.
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Are there restrictions on the dataset size?
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No. A dataset can have any number of fields (columns) or records (rows), as long as it can fit in your computer memory.
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What data types can be analyzed with BEST Viewpoints?
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Any data type recognized by Mathematica (text, numbers, graphics, lists, etc.).
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Can the output generated by BEST Viewpoints be exported from Mathematica?
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Yes. Graphics and spreadsheets of numbers or text can easily be exported using the provided buttons or just by
copying and pasting.
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Does BEST Viewpoints perform tests of hypotheses or confidence intervals?
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Yes. Basic hypothesis testing and confidence intervals can be performed for comparing different populations.
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Can you do text mining with BEST Viewpoints?
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Yes. In contrast to other analysis software, BEST Viewpoints can perform many types of textual data analysis
as if you were analyzing numbers.
For example, it has been successfully used to analyze datasets that contain
unstructured comments of operators in a manufacturing line.
With a few clicks, the users received information about the most common problems as divided by categories like
product number, operator, and manufacturing line. Similarly, other information, such as the co-existence of
manufacturing defects along with their frequency and location in the product, was identified.
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What will I find in BEST Viewpoints that is not in other analysis tools?
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BEST Viewpoints is very simple to use and in most cases, you'll receive instantaneous results just by clicking a few buttons or options. Thus, the efficiency with which you get the desired results is unique, and you can perform tasks
in seconds that would take hours or days with other software.
Also, analyzing categorical data might be one of the most impressive features found in BEST Viewpoints, since once
an analysis setup is defined, just selecting one or more categories will replicate the currently defined analyses (or
calculations in a spreadsheet) over the distinct values of the selected categories. Finally, most analyses defined
for your data can be saved as analysis templates for future use in similar datasets.
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