Quantitative Data Analysis with Excel and S-PLUS

A spreadsheet is an excellent productivity tool, particularly for ad hoc data manipulation and relatively simple data analysis. But in some situations, the very features that make it so valuable-flexibility, ease-of-use, familiarity, and accessibility-can turn it into a liability. As a workbook grows in size and complexity, problems inevitably crop up that harm security, performance, and the accuracy of analysis.

INSIGHTFUL'S SOLUTION

Insightful technology enables organizations to transcend the limits of Excel, often while continuing to allow business analysts to take advantage of the familiar data analysis environment Excel provides. Solutions based on Insightful technology use two applications from Insightful, Insightful Miner and S-PLUS, to streamline data analysis workflow processes, improve data analysis capabilities, and resolve the issues related to security, operational risk, usability, maintainability, testability, and scalability that inevitably arise as Excel workbooks become more complex and unwieldy.

KEY BENEFITS

Integrate Statistics, Where and How Needed: Analytic solutions developed as ad hoc Excel spreadsheets can be transformed into sophisticated applications that can be easily run by business analysts without help from statisticians.

Communicate Through Visualization and Custom Reporting: Graphical capabilities and features not available in Excel enable statisticians to create custom graphics that can unlock the insight contained in corporate data at a glance.

Derive Value From Large Data Sets: S-PLUS transcends Excel's row-and-column limits and provides scalability and performance that Excel cannot match.

Develop Prototypes with Ease: Flexible, rapid prototyping delivers better speed of development, reliability, and ease of use compared to Excel solutions.

• Excel and S-PLUS Datasheet
• Quantitative Data Analysis with Excel and S-PLUS Whitepaper

• Beyond Excel: Quantitative Data Analysis with Insightful
  Overcome the limits of Excel and learn how Insightful software can help you to analyze large data sets and quickly create reliable, maintainable analytic applications.
• Listen to the archived webcast presented by Will Alexander, Director of Quantitative Research at Wachovia Securities, whom described his experiences addressing the reliability and scalability problems of a complex Excel application in production at another institution, and demonstrated how he reduced operational risk by migrating from Excel to a solution based on Insightful Miner and S-PLUS.

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