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Not having a good data entry gui is the biggest benefit of not-excel in my experience. 90% of the time your data has a real source that's not "Jim's head" and y
by ryanmonroe 8y ago
Not having a good data entry gui is the biggest benefit of not-excel in my experience. 90% of the time your data has a real source that's not "Jim's head" and you should find a way to impute the data from that source directly, avoiding the ever-present inaccuracies that come from human-imputed data.
- acct1771 8y agoWas the typo to drive home your point?
- mclehman 8y agoMy guess is that they meant this definition of impute, and are advocating for removing Jim's inferences entirely. Impute (finance): assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes.
- paultopia 8y agoAlso, even when you need human entered data, a spreadsheet is waaaaay too easy to make typos with, like putting things in the wrong row/column, overwriting previous entries, etc. Use a form.