Free statistical software
There is a wide variety of free statistical software. Some of it is from governmental or NGO organizations, such as Epi Info[1], from CDC, and IDAMS[2] from UNESCO. Some other software is from smaller or independent organizations or universities, such as Instat[3] or Irristat[4]. The great majority of free statistical software, however, is from individuals. Some of the most commonly used software from individuals include Easyreg[5], MicrOsiris[6], OpenStat[7], and Zelig[8].
Two other packages should be mentioned. These are being developed by groups, rather than individuals, but not by established institutions, like universities, governments, or NGOs. Rather these are groups of individuals. PSPP[9], from the GNU project, is developing into a clone of SPSS, but is free.
References
- ↑ Epi Info, CDC, 2008 http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.htm.
- ↑ IDAMS Statistical Software, http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2070&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
- ↑ Instat - an interactive statistical package, Statistical Services Centre - University of Reading, 2009. http://www.ssc.rdg.ac.uk/software/instat/instat.html
- ↑ Irristat, International Rice Research Instititue, Biometrics and Bioinformatics Unit, http://www.irri.org/science/software/irristat.asp
- ↑ Easy Reg International, Herman Bierens, Penn State University, 2008 http://econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/EASYREG.HTM
- ↑ MicOsiris, Neal Van Eck, Van Eck Computer Consulting http://www.microsiris.com/
- ↑ OpenStat, Bill Miller, 2009 http://www.statpages.org/miller/openstat/
- ↑ Zelig, Kosuke Imai, Gary King and Olivia Lau , 2009 http://gking.harvard.edu/zelig/
- ↑ PSPP, 2008 http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/