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h3. This is the software available at Carleton Click column heading to sort by that criteria. {table-plus:sortColumn=1|sortIcon=true} || Package || License || PC || Mac || Linux || Campus Availability || Other || Tutorial || | Transana | Free (for version 2.12, more recent versions cost money) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, somewhere (ask Paula) | Qualitative Analysis. Steep learning curve. Talk to Paula for availability info | [Click here|http://www.transana.org/] | | Survey Monkey | Free to use, small monthly fee to export | Web | Web | Web | Web | Homepage | [Click here|http://www.surveymonkey.com/] | | StatTransfer | Licensed (for one computer only) | Yes | No | No | Yes but only on the #3 computer in 3rd Willis lab | N/A | [Click here|http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/st/default.htm] | | StatPlus:Mac LE | Free | No | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://www.analystsoft.com/en/products/statplusmacle/tutorials.phtml] | | StatCrunch | Online, fee or membership based | Web | Web | Web | Web | N/A | [Click here|http://www.mathcs.org/statistics/statcrunch/manual/index.html] | | STATA | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | For more information click here Mac version not yet available in the public labs at Carleton | [Click here|http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/] | | SPSS | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | For more information click here | [Click here|http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/SPSS/] | | SPlus | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | A one year license is available free to students in a course actively using SPlus | [Click here|http://www.splusbook.com/splusintro.pdf] | | R | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Difficult to learn but very powerful. Also free, open-source, and strong community supported | [Click here|http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html] | | PSPP | Free | Yes | No | No | No | There is a Mac version but it doesn't work | [Click here|http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/documentation.html] | | Microsoft Excel | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes almost everywhere | N/A | [Click here|http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/excel-skills-builderlearn-how-to-create-spreadsheets-and-workbooks-use-formulas-and-perform-data-analysis-FX102592909.aspx] | | Mathematica | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/Mathematica.html]\\ | | Kaleidagraph | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://scicomp.evergreen.edu/students/software-tutorials/index.html] | | gretl | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | [Click here|http://www.american.edu/provost/ctrl/upload/Gretl.pdf] | | Gnumeric | Free | Yes | No | No | No | N/A | [Click here|http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/chapter-quick-start.shtml] | | eViews | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/economicas/rsmanga/docs/eviews3_1.pdf] | | EditPad | Free | Yes | No | No | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://http://www.editpadpro.com/manual/EditPadPro.pdf] | | CSPro | Free | Yes | No | No | No | For more information click here | [Click here|http://www.measuredhs.com/cspro/docs/start.cfm] | | ArcGIS | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | N/A | [Click here|http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=tutorials] | {table-plus}

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