SPSS is one of the most commonly used statistics and data analysis program in business, education, and academic research. It is available on some library computers, and is also currently available as a free download for Saint Leo students enrolled in courses that require it - your statistics course will tell you where to find it. and you can also download a free 30 day evaluation copy of the software.
SPSS Statistics Essential Training from Lynda.com
Excel can be used for descriptive statistics and for more complex analysis with the Analysis ToolPak installed (available for all versions of Excel for PC but only Excel for MAC 2016);it is strongly recommended that you be very comfortable with Excel, and that you become very familiar with the ToolPak to properly use Excel as a statistical tool.
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It runs on both Window and MAC. Download R from the project site. If you would like a graphical user interface, download a free version of RStudio.
R Statistics Essential Training from Lynda.com
JAMOVI is designed to be easy to use and is an alternative to costly statistical products such as SPSS and SAS. Built on top of the R statistical language and it will always be open and free. Made for the scientific community, by the scientific community.
PSPP (download from the PSPP website) is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It is a free alternative for SPSS, and has a similar look and feel.
It can perform descriptive statistics, T-tests, anova, linear and logistic regression, measures of association, cluster analysis, reliability and factor analysis, non-parametric tests and more.
OpenStat (download from the OpenStat website) is a a general stats package for Windows. However, it can be installed on a MAC using Wine.
OpenStat has an SPSS-like user interface. The web site has help documentation in the form of videos, ebooks, and user manuals. Links to the Springer ebooks:
SOFA, Statistics Open For All, is a free "user-friendly statistics, analysis, & reporting program. It is free, with an emphasis on ease of use, learn as you go, and beautiful output." Online user guide. May not run on the most current MAC OS.
KyPlot 6.0 KyPlot is a software package for data analysis and visualization. Windows only.
JAMOVI is designed to be easy to use and is an alternative to costly statistical products such as SPSS and SAS. Built on top of the R statistical language and it will always be open and free. Made for the scientific community, by the scientific community.
