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Statistical Software Comparison

Typically used in the social sciences, health sciences, marketing, and academia. The interface is easy and user friendly and it has a similar style to Excel.

Imports: .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .txt, .dat, .sas7bdat, .dta files.

Exports: .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .dat, .sas7bdat, .dta files.

LinkedIn Learning
Sign in via ERNIE to access training materials for statistical software.
SPSS Learning Modules
SPSS Learning Modules created by UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education Statistical Consulting department.
Stas Make me Cry SPSS Tutorials
A small set of well put-together video tutorials on performing some of the more advanced tasks in SPSS, such as defining variable sets, creating APA-style tables, running multiple regression, and testing for moderators.

Typically used in engineering, biology, and healthcare. It is a good tool for interactive graphics.

Imports: .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .txt, .dat, .sas7bdat, .dta, .sav files.

Exports: .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .dat, .sas7bdat files.

JMP YouTube Channel
A collection of videos from JMP to help get you started using the software.
JMP Learning Library
Basic instructions on how to get the most out of JMP, including quick overviews, videos, and step-by-step tutorials.

Typically used in economics, sociology, political sciences, public health, medicine, and data science. Works really well with panel, survey, and time-series data types.

Imports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .csv, .dat, .XPT, .XML, and various ODBC data sources.

Exports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .csv, .dat, .XPT, .XML, and various ODBC data sources.

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Official Stata Video Tutorial
A detailed video tutorial covering the basics of using Stata.
Stata Learning Modules
Stata Learning Modules created by UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education Statistical Consulting department.

Typically used in financial services, government, manufacturing, health, and life sciences. Is well suited to handle extremely large datasets.

Imports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .dat, .csv, .sav, .dta, .jmp, .xml files.

Exports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .dat, .csv, .sav, .dta, .jmp, .xml files.

SAS Programming Tutorials
A free set of video tutorials provided by SAS, covering a range of introductory topics from reading in datasets to combining datasets.
SAS Learning Modules
SAS Learning Modules created by UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education Statistical Consulting department.
SAS YouTube Channel
These free SAS tutorials are designed for professors and students who want to learn how to use various SAS products.

Typically used in private business, data science, finance, economics, bioinformatics, sociology, and marketing. R is free and open-source with a large online community.

Import: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .dat, .csv, .sav, .dta, .sas7bdat, .xml, .json files.

Export: .xlsx, .txt, .csv, .sav, .dta, .json files.

CRAN
The R Manuals by R Development Core Team.
LinkedIn Learning
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R Learning Modules
R Learning Modules created by UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education Statistical Consulting department.

Typically used in education and engineering.

Imports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .dat, .csv, .xml, .json files.

Exports: .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .dat, .csv, .xml, .json files.

LinkedIn Learning
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MATLAB Programming WikiBook
WikiBook on MATLAB programming basics.
Tutorials
MATLAB tutorials and resources.

Software Features and Capabilities

Software	Interface	Learning Curve	Data Manipulation	Statistical Analysis	Graphics	Specialties
SPSS	Menus and Syntax	Gradual	Moderate	Moderate Scope Low Versatility	Good	Custom Tables ANOVA Multivariate Analysis
JMP	Menus and Syntax	Gradual	Strong	Moderate Scope Medium Versatility	Great	Design of Experiments Qaulity Control Model Fit
Stata	Menus and Syntax	Moderate	Strong	Broad Scope Medium Versatility	Good	Panel Data Mixed Models Survey Data Analysis
SAS	Syntax	Steep	Very Strong	Very Broad Scope High Versatility	Very Good	Large Datasets Reporting Password Encryption Components for Specific Fields
R	Syntax	Steep	Very Strong	Very Broad Scope High Versatility	Excellent	Graphic Packages Machine Learning Predicitive Modeling
MATLAB	Syntax	Steep	Very Strong	Limited Scope High Versatility	Excellent	Simulations Multidimensional Data Image and Signal Processing

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