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Large database management in clinical dental research
Author(s) -
Webster David A.,
Smales Roger J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1991.tb01364.x
Subject(s) - computer science , database , dental research , software , data management , statistical software , statistical analysis , data science , information retrieval , data mining , operating system , medicine , dentistry , statistics , mathematics
Previously the management and analysis of large databases for longitudinal clinical dental research has been severely restricted by the costs of custom‐made software and access to suitable computing equipment. However, the recent availabiity of powerful personal computers and the use of the Scientific Information Retrieval Database Management System (SIR/DBMS) in association with BMDP Statistical Software has now created an enormously powerful tool for extensive and fast data manipulation requiring relatively few commands and the capability to easily perform detailed statistical analyses.