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{tip:icon=false} h3. This is the data analysis software available at Carleton {tip} Click column heading to sort by that criteria. {table-plus:sortColumn=1|sortIcon=true} || Package || License || PC || Mac || Linux || Campus Availability || Suggested Use || Tutorial || | [Transana|http://http://www.transana.org/] | Free (for version 2.12, more recent versions cost money) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, somewhere (ask Paula) | Qualitative analysis of video and audio; steep learning curve | [Click here|http://www.transana.org/] | | [Survey Monkey|http://www.surveymonkey.com] | Free to use, small monthly fee to export | Web | Web | Web | Web | Homepage | [Click here|http://www.surveymonkey.com/] | | [StatTransfer|http://www.stattransfer.com/] | 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|http://www.analystsoft.com/en/products/statplusmacle/] | Free | No | Yes | No | Yes | Statistical analysis program for Mac \\ | [Click here|http://www.analystsoft.com/en/products/statplusmacle/tutorials.phtml] | | [StatCrunch|http://www.statcrunch.com/] | Online, fee or membership based | Web | Web | Web | Web | Web-based data analysis | [Click here|http://www.mathcs.org/statistics/statcrunch/manual/index.html] | | [STATA|http://www.stata.com/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | Regression and statistical analysis program; available in Windows only  | [Click here|http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/] | | [SPSS|http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Statistical analysis program; powerful \\ | [Click here|http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/SPSS/] | | [SPlus|http://spotfire.tibco.com/products/s-plus/statistical-analysis-software.aspx] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | Very powerful; useful for regression analysis and statistics; has Graphical User Interface \\ | [Click here|http://www.splusbook.com/splusintro.pdf] | | [R|http://www.r-project.org/] | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Open-source version of S-Plus; no Graphical User Interface (command line), difficult to learn but [additional resources here|https://wiki.carleton.edu/display/itskb/Additional+Resources+for+R] \\ | [Click here|http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html] | | [PSPP|http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/] | Free | Yes | No | No | No | Free alternative to SPSS \\ | [Click here|http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/documentation.html] | | [Microsoft Excel|http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes almost everywhere | Microsoft's spreadsheet and graphing software; available almost everywhere \\ | [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|http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Computational and graphical resource for mathematics \\ | [Click here|http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/Mathematica.html]\\ | | [Kaleidagraph|http://www.synergy.com/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Scientific graphing and curve-fitting \\ | [Click here|http://scicomp.evergreen.edu/students/software-tutorials/index.html] | | [gretl|http://gretl.sourceforge.net/] | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Open-source regression software \\ | [Click here|http://www.american.edu/provost/ctrl/upload/Gretl.pdf] | | [Gnumeric|http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/] | Free | Yes | No | No | No | Free, open-source spreadsheet software \\ | [Click here|http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/chapter-quick-start.shtml] | | [eViews|http://www.eviews.com/] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | Econometric analysis, forecasting, and simulation \\ | [Click here|http://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/economicas/rsmanga/docs/eviews3_1.pdf] | | [EditPad|http://www.editpadlite.com/] | Free | Yes | No | No | Yes | Text editor; great for qualitative and content analysis \\ | [Click here|http://http://www.editpadpro.com/manual/EditPadPro.pdf] | | [CSPro|http://www.census.gov/population/international/software/cspro/] | Free | Yes | No | No | No | Software used by US Census Bureau to compute statistics | [Click here|http://www.measuredhs.com/cspro/docs/start.cfm] | | [ArcGIS|http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/index.html] | License paid for by Carleton | Yes | No | No | Yes | Great for mapping and spatial statistics \\ | [Click here|http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=tutorials] | {table-plus}

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