Software

Whether one has to handle quantitative or qualitative data, there are an increasing number of software and freeware to help you order and analyse your data. Many, like SPSS or NVivo, are available via licensing agreements for individuals or for institutions. Many others are freely available online and are produced and maintained by a community of researchers working together online to share problems and devise solutions.

SPSS- the leading stats package for use with students in university

http://www.spss.com/spss/

The R Project for Statistical Computing– a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics that runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS

http://www.r-project.org/

SAS- the leader in business intelligence and predictive analytics software

http://www.sas.com

STATA - Integrated statistical package for data analysis, data management and graphics

http://www.stata.com/

Minitab– statistics software

http://www.minitab.com/

MAXQDA– text analysis software

http://www.maxqda.com/

HyperRESEARCH- Qualitative analysis software and HyperTRANSCRIBE transcription software – from ResearchWare website

http://www.researchware.com/

FrameWork– Qualitative data analysis tool that allows you to organise your data into a series of matrices, from which it is possible to conduct case based and thematic analysis.

http://www.natcen.ac.uk/framework/

QDA Miner– from Provalis Research - mixed-model qualitative data analysis software package for coding, annotating, retrieving and analyzing small and large collections of documents and images

http://www.provalisresearch.com/QDAMiner/QDAMinerDesc.html

Transana– software for analyzing digital video or audio data

http://www.transana.org/

AnSWR- software system for coordinating and conducting large-scale, team-based analysis projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques

http://www.cdc.gov/Hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/software/answr/index.htm

Nvivo– qualitative data analysis software from QSR International

http://www.qsrinternational.com/

ATLAS.ti– qualitative data analysis software

http://www.atlasti.com/

Dedoose - for the analysis of text, video and spreadsheet data

http://www.dedoose.com/

Qualrus– qualitative analysis software

http://www.ideaworks.com/qualrus/index.html

MIX– Excel-based tool for meta-analysis

http://www.mix-for-meta-analysis.info/index.html

Free Statistical Software – links to free software packages available for download

http://statpages.org/javasta2.html

Free Statistics – links to free statistical software

http://freestatistics.altervista.org/en/stat.php

StatSci.org– free software links

http://www.statsci.org/free.html

Free Software– information and links from the Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research site

http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/soft.html

Idea Puzzle Software – software for research design

www.ideapuzzle.com

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Comment by eak duwadi on February 24, 2011 at 4:08: r these really free?

Comment by Amir Mohammad Sayem on September 9, 2010 at 17:46: Can anyone tell me about the suitable software for meta analysis?

Comment by Aliya on May 27, 2010 at 11:05: Other useful statistical software:
OpenStat (http://statpages.org/miller/openstat/)
PSPP (http://ow.ly/1JtYk)
SOFA (http://www.sofastatistics.com/home.php)
TANAGRA (http://chirouble.univ-lyon2.fr/~ricco/tanagra/en/tanagra.html)
PAST (http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/). Thanks to Pablo Caceres for these suggestions.

More info can be found at this Methodspace discussion http://bit.ly/9LpJuG Please feel free to add to it!

A

Please let me know about other useful links you have....

Comment by Mesfin Geremew on May 13, 2010 at 5:44: why no limdep

Comment by Maria João Loureiro on March 23, 2010 at 16:27: Another interesting software is HIMATT (Highly Integrated Model Assessment Technology & Tools). Unfortunately whether the software is described in several papers (see, for instance, http://www.iadis.net/dl/final_uploads/200818L003.pdf), the software is not available, as far as I know.

Comment by chiongbian formoso on March 20, 2010 at 16:23: free and open source software are applications developed by a community of programmers i.e., professional and enthusiasts that offers their products free of charge together with the source code. microsoft sells its products but keeps its source code. a source code is the instructions as well as the bloodline of any software applications... those who are interested can visit the www.gnu.org for more details or just google "free and open source software" to get thousands of available materials...

Comment by Mr.Ma-an Ra-ob on December 4, 2009 at 12:29: Again Who's tell me please
waseemer@hotmail.com

Comment by Mr.Ma-an Ra-ob on December 4, 2009 at 12:29: That's good. Could you tell me what's the program open sourece?

Comment by José Alfredo López Huerta on August 17, 2009 at 4:27: Cmap is an excellent skill for concept maps, the software is free http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html
greetings.

Comment by Oscar Alvarez-Macotela (Ph.D.) on May 23, 2009 at 16:09: Weft-QDA (qualitative analysis of text) is a helpful option to keep in mind.

http://www.pressure.to/qda/

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