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□ Overview □ AARSETH, Sverre Johannes □ ASHFORD, John et al □ BLACK, Paul and OGBORN, Jon □ BUCHHOLDT, Hans Anchor □ BUSHBY, Fred □ COLIN, Andrew □ DELVES, Mike □ DORMAND, John □ EILBECK, Chris □ GALLAHER, Donald Frederick □ GERRATT, Joe □ HARRIS, Robin et al □ HIRST, David and LININGTON, Mary □ HODGSON, Peter □ HUGHES, Arthur □ KITCHING, Alan □ LE GRICE, Malcolm □ MUSTOE, Les □ PETO, Richard and PIKE, Malcolm □ PLATTS, Jim □ PRITCHETT, Tony □ REID, John □ ROBERTS, Gareth and POLANCO, J □ SABIR, A et al □ STOCKER, Peter □ SUTCLIFFE, Brian □ TOBGY, Ahmed □ WEBB, TG □ WINTERBONE, Desmond □ WYMER, Clifford □ Crystallographers

Andrew Colin

Andrew Colin, at London's Institute of Computer Science developed a system called MVC (Multi-Variate Counter) that was a major piece of application software on both the London and Chilton Atlas computers The manual for the system came in two parts: Multiple Variate Counter and Advanced MVC Manual.

MVC was aimed at the analysis of survey information. Information from questionnaires were transcribed onto punched cards which were then processed by MVC to generate output in a variety of forms to suit the user.

An early example was processing a large-scale survey concerning the incidence of bronchitis amongst steel workers in South Wales, for the Welsh National School of Medicine, in which 10,000 cases were analysed.

MVC was used for many analyses carried out using the Data Preparation Section to prepare the data and MVC to do the processing. A major strength of MVC was its ability to cope with large amounts of survey data, accept multi-punch data, and handle empty cells.

See Jim Halistone's overview of MVC: The Analysis of Sample Surveys written in 1966.

At the University of London, a son-of-MVC was developed by Dik Leatherdale called MVSL that ran on the CDC 6500. See Multi Variate Counter - Life after Death.

Andrew Colin is currently a member of the University of Glasgow's Quantum Theory Group.

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