Sometimes you may want to combine data from different tests together for analysis through your selected Statistical Analysis option (SAS, Excel, or JMP).
This only makes sense in SIMS when each test result uses the SAME QUESTIONNAIRE.
You may have created more than one test employing the same questionnaire, and want to compare the different samples together. Perhaps one test sample represents a standard to which you will compare other samples. In another instance you might have been unable to put some of your samples together in the same test result, but now want to compare those samples with each other.
How to Use the Test Combine Feature
From the Statistical Analysis Window, you will first select a single Test Code, then click Continue to prepare the test result for submission to the Statistical Analysis program. Click the Combine option at the top of the screen to combine other test results into the analysis. SIMS 2000 will inform you if no other qualifying results exists.
For more detail on Test Combine, click the [Notes] button shown on the Test Combine Window.