What MRDCL does - MRDC Software

MRDCL: A summary of what MRDCL does

Everything you need for scripted tabulations

The main purpose of MRDCL is to read market research or commercial data and produce cross tabulations

The key functions are:

Data Handling

Read ASCII, binary, Excel, CSV and other data
Read from more than one data file
Merge survey and database data
Handles hierarchical data (e.g. doctors/patients)
Handle occasion-based data
Include and exclude records

Data listing and reporting

Produce lists of records and values
Output to report or Excel file
List calculated values from tables
Output tables as spreadsheet(s)
(Hole) counts
Summary counts

Tabulations / crosstabs

Cross analyses
Summary tables
Mean scores (including all table-based statistics)
Hundreds of output options for your exact needs
Simple or complex filtering
No table too complex!

Variables

Define single, multi and numeric variables
Combine variables for complex definitions
Use brackets to any depth
Use or/and/not functions to accumulate data
Full control over numeric calculations
No variable too complex!!

Charting/reporting

Output data for spreadsheets
Output data for charts
Output tables for reports
Free Toolkit for automating reports
Links to free Resolve software for charting
Links to Snap for smart reporting

Weighting

Target weighting
Rim weighting
Factor weighting
Quantity weighting (volumetrics)
Checks to ensure weighting is good
Multi-stage weighting

Import/Export

Import and export SPSS
Import and export Triple-S
Import and export Excel/CSV data
Export ASCII or binary data
Reformat data
Output other formats

Short form script

Powerful language for repetitive script
Use of DO loops to specify script
Storage of lists/lookups in DATA statements
Storage of lists/lookups in Excel or CSV file
Interactive tools for selections in multiple runs
Branching for different run requirements

Customisable templates

For requirements needed on more than one project
To specify complex needs
To simplify scripts that are laborious to write
To provide a simpler interface for non-experts
To make project handover/sharing easier
To reduce errors

Tracking Studies/Multi-Country Projects

Tools to handle questionnaire changes
Tools to handle data location changes
Tools to handle data structure differences
Tools to manage long-term data
Tools to manage different data types
Tools to merge data sources

Secondary analysis

Free use Resolve Base version
Compatible with Resolve Premium
Compatible with QPSMR products
Easy upgrade path from QPSMR
Compatible with Reflect
Link data to Excel and other software

Table manipulation

Perform arithmetic on all/parts of a table
To feed data through to another program
To feed data through to another MRDCL run
To allow checks on incremented tables
To report figures/calculations from tables
To control output of figures in Excel/CSV files

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