SPSS Software
SPSS predictive analytics software allows users to perform statistical analysis, data and text mining, and predictive modeling.
Students have access to SPSS software on the Mildred F. Sawyer Library's laptops.
(Free) Data Repositories
- re3data (Registry of Research Data Repositories)"re3data.org is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines." [...] It is sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
- Global Health Data ExchangeThe Global Health Data Exchange is a "catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data."
Data Management
- Some simple guidelines for effective data management.Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Jones, M. B., & Schildhauer, M. (2009). Some simple guidelines for effective data management. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 90(2), 205-214.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-90.2.205 - Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) - Education ModulesDataONE provides access to data relating to the Earth and the environmental, and it "promotes best practices in data management through responsive educational resources and materials.."
Web-based Tools for Data Analysis
Note: Text may also be considered as a form of data.
- DataBasic.ioDataBasic is a freely available group of applications designed to help users deal with their data. It is a joint project of the MIT Center for Civic Media and the Emerson College Engagement Lab.
- WordCount - "WordCounter analyzes your text and tells you the most common words and phrases."
- WTFcsv - "WTFcsv provides the first step by characterizing each column's data type."
- SameDiff - "SameDiff compares two or more text files and tells you how similar or different they are."
- Tableau public"Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data visualizations to the web. Visualizations that have been published to Tableau Public (“vizzes”) can be embeded into webpages and blogs.." Users must download the software.
