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Spreadsheets and Student Records: Another View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2022
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1 Nakamura, Robert T., “Macintosh Programs as Courseware,” PS: Political Science & Politics, 19:1 (Winter, 1986), pp. 173–179.CrossRefGoogle Scholar Nakamura discussed both spreadsheets and First Base, a data based management (DBM) program, for keeping student records. I will concentrate in this paper on spreadsheets. While there are some differences between spreadsheets and DBM programs, my comments should generally apply to DBM programs as well.
2 Throughout this paper I will discuss spreadsheet formulas conceptually rather than listing the exact steps that some spreadsheets require.
3 For a recent article comparing a number of spreadsheet programs, see: Grafton, Carl and Permaloff, Anne, “Spreadsheet Applications for Political Scientists,” PS, 18:1 (Winter, 1985), pp. 147–154.CrossRefGoogle Scholar