What Protobi is ... and isn't

Protobi is a tool to see, explore and share survey data.

Protobi is designed for...

  • Rectangular data files typical of surveys
    • In CSV or SPSS format
    • Rows for respondents, customer, patients, ...
    • Columns for each question or attribute
    • <30,000 rows (possibly more)
    • <1000+ columns (possibly more)
  • Variable labels and/or value formats
  • Complex associations:
    • Check-all-that-apply
    • Sum-to-100
    • Rate the following/li>
  • Coding open ended verbatims
  • Lightweight and advanced recoding
  • Seeing histograms and crosstabs
  • Finding 'aha' moments
  • Finding outliers
  • Sharing with colleagues and clients
  • Short timelines (hours/days
  • Trim budgets
  • Savvy clients

Not designed for...

  • Heavy data transformation and ETL
  • PII, PCI, HIPAA or highly confidential data
  • MP3, JPG, Geospatial mapping, Sonar data, ...
  • Estimating stats model parameters
  • Time series, ARIMA forecasting, projections, ...
  • Unstructured text mining
  • Advanced or highly customized visualizations
  • Customized dashboards just so for the CFO

Not (yet) for...

  • Relational data beyong single tables
  • Tables with millions of records
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