6 Categorizing Software by MVC

6.1 REDCap

Category: MVC (End and Basic Users); Model (Intermediate and Advanced Users) Model: A- Security: A Log: A+ Structure: B Metadata: A+ Controller: A+ Customization: C API: A+ View: C+ Customization: B User Rights: A+ Public-Facing option: Yes Cost: Free for non-profit institutions who will host the server

6.2 SPSS

6.3 Tableu

6.4 SASS

6.5 STATA

6.6 Microsoft Excel

When to use: viewing and storing data, one time jobs such as designing your REDCap metadata Avoid for: data analysis Recommendation: modeling and viewing

The problems with Excel as a controller… DAX language, manual entry of formulas.

6.7 qualtrics

6.8 Power BI

6.9 chat gpt