Quantitative Analysis Tools
| Tool | Price | Multilingual Support | Ease of Use* | Utilization aides |
| R | Free | No | Hard (allows for greater flexibility of coding) | R for Social Scientists |
| SPSS | Free for 30 days and then 34.95$ per month for students | Yes | Easy | SPSS tutorials |
| Stata | Basic edition starting at 48.00$ for 6 months. | Yes | Easy | Stata Training |
| SAS | SAS on Demand is free for academics upon request. | Yes | Medium | SAS training videos and certificate program– free for first 30 days |
| Google Data Studio | Free functions with Gmail account. | Yes | Easy | Google Academy – Using Google Data Studio and Analytics |
| Excel and Similar spreadsheet programs (Google sheets, Libre office) | Usually free to students through their academic institution. Libre Office is free for all. | Yes | Medium | Data Management Using Spreadsheets |
Additional Tools for Analyzing Data in Excel
- Data Carpentry: Data Organization using Spreadsheets (Data management in Excel)
Additional Tools for Using R (or RStudio)
- Git Hub: Getting your Feet Wet in R (Tutorial by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey alumnus)
- R for Data Science
Helpful Manuals
