You are here

Simple Database Construction Using Local Sources of Data

Author(s): 
D. Timothy Gerber, David M. Reineke

From the Biological ESTEEM collection

ESTEEM Category

Biometrics

Description

To best understand how information is organized in a database, students need to see first hand how they are constructed. Construction of three simple databases using a spreadsheet is described here and basic summary statistics are provided for each. Recommendations for building simple databases using a computer spreadsheet and the statistical analysis of its data are given.

Go to the Database Construction module in a new window

D. Timothy Gerber, David M. Reineke, "Simple Database Construction Using Local Sources of Data," Convergence (December 2006)