Using Statistical Software with a Database Management Data Theory.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ssdbm/Muller83,
  author    = {Robert J. Muller},
  editor    = {Roy Hammond and
               John L. McCarthy},
  title     = {Using Statistical Software with a Database Management Data Theory},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Statistical
               Database Management, Los Altos, California, USA, September 27-29,
               1983},
  publisher = {Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory},
  year      = {1983},
  pages     = {414-423},
  ee        = {db/conf/ssdbm/Muller83.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/ssdbm/83},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

This paper analyzes several statistical computing environments in an effort to show the relationship between formal database management theory and the oomputational environment as an integral part of data analysis.

The paper uses Entity-Relationship theory as a data theory to compare the flexibility, representation, and problem-solving difficulties of the analyst in the Minitab, BMDP, SPSS, SAS, OSIRIS, SIR, and the Consistent/System computing environments. It shows that none make full use of database management capabilities; it also shows that even those capabilities are not capable of dealing with all problems confronting the statiatioally oriented data analyst.

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Referenced by

1. John C. Klensin, Roselyn M. Romberg: Statistical Data Management Requirements and the SQL Standards - An Evolving Comparison. SSDBM 1988: 19-38