What is the Best Spreadsheet Application for Scientists?

nameman · Apr 16, 2011

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fss · Apr 16, 2011

What's wrong with Excel? What do you need to do that Excel doesn't do? Using a programming language is probably the best fit.

nameman · Apr 16, 2011

Mostly just wondering what people think completes the analogy.

micromass · Apr 16, 2011

Depends on what you want to do. If you want to analyze data, then I'd say something like SPSS, SAS or R.

I like Serena · Apr 16, 2011

"OpenOffice.org Calc", which is Excel in Linux.

jhae2.718 · Apr 16, 2011

I like Serena said:

"OpenOffice.org Calc", which is Excel in Linux.

I prefer LibreOffice now. They're both cross platform.

For serious number crunching I use Python and MATLAB.

Simon_Tyler · Apr 16, 2011

Gnumeric is also a good spreadsheet application.

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