Re:One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Mic...
by tssva on Sunday September 15, 2024 @01:52PM
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Expecting you to learn the basics about the tools you're using is not expecting too much. And if you are too lazy to spend a few seconds specifying data types then you get what you deserve.
Re:One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Mic...
by fshr on Sunday September 15, 2024 @02:22PM
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> Expecting you to learn the basics about the tools you're using is not expecting too much.
Do you/have you worked in a corporate environment? You seem to have an idealistic view about how end users are expected to use Excel.
Re:One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Mic...
by tssva on Sunday September 15, 2024 @05:42PM
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I worked in corporate environments for decades.
The original comment I responded to said they regularly imported large data sets and the in the case of the genetists they also are regularly importing data into Excel. In other words Excel is a regularly used and fundamental tool to their work. In this case I would expect someone to learn the basics of using it. Just as I would expect a developer to learn their editor, build system, version control system, etc.
Writing some VBA is a simple process if you're a programmer. I wonder how many genetic researchers fit that description?
P.S. when I said "too late to fix it", I meant by some process within Excel. Of course you can re-import the original file, but maybe you only notice the problem after you've done a lot of work with it?