Avoid creating multiple fields that repeat the same kind of data.

This table design is hard to use:

  1. It is hard to search or sort-data could be in any of the fields.
  2. It is difficult to create a query that returns only Yes responses, because that data could be in any of three fields.
  
Use the following table design instead:

Each type of information is contained in only one field - searching, sorting, and calculating data is much easier.

 

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