Guides: Statistics and Empirical Legal Studies Research Guide: Data Analysis Tools

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Georgetown faculty, staff and (in some cases) students can download this software from University Information Services; a net i.d. is required.

JMP product information Free for students, faculty and staff from University Information Services.
Microsoft Excel product information Free for faculty and staff from University Information Services as part of Microsoft Office.
SAS product information Free for academic users through University Information Services.
SPSS product information Available free to faculty and staff for home install through University Information Services. Students may install on their personal computers through August 2020 due to COVID-19.
STATA product information Free for faculty and staff through University Information Services.

Google Sheets Google Sheets is a free, cloud-based spreadsheet application. It provides built-in formulas, pivot tables and conditional formatting options. It also allows easy collaboration with other users.
JASP JASP is an open-source project supported by the University of Amsterdam. It offers standard analysis procedures in both their frequentist and Bayesian form.
Python Python is an open source programming language with excellent support for statistical analysis.
R Project for Statistical Computing R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.
RStudio RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management. RStudio is available in open source and commercial editions and runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux). You must install R before you install RStudio.

Social Science Statistics: Which Statistics Test Should I Use? This wizard will ask you a few questions, and then based on your answers, will recommend a statistics test.
SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, JMP? Choosing a Statistical Software Package or Two How do you choose which statistical software to use?
Which Stats Test? This wizard provided as part of Sage Research Methods Core helps researchers select appropriate statistical tests by asking them a series of questions about their empirical research task.