Free and (Mostly) Open Source Data Analysis Software for Academic Research
C. Chinchu · 2021
Data analysis is a crucial task in knowledge creation in social sciences. Free resources for data analysis provide researchers with greater freedom and make the research process more accessible and democratic. This article lists some free software which can perform basic and advanced statistical data analysis tasks. Some software which can perform other tasks such as text mining are also introduced. Ease of use and functionality are the major criteria for selecting these software packages.