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Software Aims to Cut DP Drudgery
Paris-based software firm Askia has released a new product, askiasurf, which aims to save researchers 'hundreds of hours of data processing work' on trackers and other multi-wave surveys, thereby cutting costs and reducing human error.
askiasurf uses 'relational paths', which link and access data through relationships, rather than through a fixed location or address, and forms logical links between the data and the analysis and reporting stage of projects, cutting out traditional processes of restructuring and reprocessing of data between waves. The initial link is created by the user, but then remains in place regardless of changes in questionnaire structure in later stages, allowing easier access to data from all waves of a study.
The firm says the 'mold-breaking solution' could mean that 'What could be days of work for each new wave of data can now be accomplished in hours or even minutes.'
MD Patrick George comments: 'Continuous survey data is constantly fluctuating, and the task of re-aligning the data after each change is a painstaking and tedious activity, which is how mistakes creep in. With askiasurf we can easily accommodate the many variations of the typical continuous project where each subsequent wave can differ greatly from its predecessor. Realizing just how much time these data processing tasks eat up for many of our customers is what made us develop askiasurf.
Askia, established in 1994, has offices in the USA, UK and Belgium; headquarters in France; and home page at www.askia.com.
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