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There are many free data analysis tools available on the web. The resources presented in this section present a select group of tools for the user that cannot afford to purchase/learn a major statistical package such as SPSS or SAS.

Guidance

Using Excel for Analyzing Survey Questionnaires
University of Wisconsin-Extension
This guide, provided by University of Wisconsin-Extension, is helpful for those unfamiliar with data analysis. It provides step-by-step instructions for using Microsoft Excel to: Create a database of responses, Code data, Display frequencies and percentages, Calculate average(mean), range, standard deviation, etc., and Create crosstabulations/pivot tables.

Tools

Open Stat
Open Stat is a free software package for performing statistical analyses. It is relatively simple to use and you can paste in data from Microsoft Excel. There are some quirks in the functionality, but it supports a variety of simple to complex analysis procedures (Frequencies, T-Test, ANOVA, Multiple Regression, Factor Analysis, etc).

Tools

AM by AIR
This software package was designed for "analyzing data from complex samples, especially large-scale assessments." It has many functionalities, from simple statistics such as frequencies, to more complex procedures such as regression and complex weighting schemes. Users can import data from a variety of sources (e.g., Excel, SPSS, etc) and output can be displayed in a text file or a web browser. The user interface is not immediately intuitive and would work best for users who are experienced with a variety of statistical techniques.


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