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  • GNU PSPP

    Free GNU program for statistical analysis that reads SPSS syntax and data files, with a graphical interface and a command line.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Status: Verified
    • SAV: opens and saves, full fidelity
    • SPS: opens and saves, full fidelity. Syntax files are compatible with SPSS
    • CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity

    This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics

  • gretl

    Free econometrics and time-series package with a menu-driven interface and the Hansl scripting language.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Status: Verified
    • DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports Stata files
    • CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
    • XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports Excel worksheets
    • SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports SPSS files

    This replaces Stata

  • jamovi

    Free statistical spreadsheet built on R, with point-and-click analyses, a module library and a desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    • Web
    Status: Active
    • SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens SPSS files directly; saves in its own .omv format
    • CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
    • XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Excel files; results are not saved back to xlsx
    • DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Stata files; saves in .omv

    This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics

  • JASP

    Free, open-source statistics program with classical and Bayesian analyses in a point-and-click interface.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Status: Active
    • SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens SPSS .sav and .zsav files; saves in its own .jasp format
    • CSV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens text files; saves analyses in .jasp
    • XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Excel files; saves analyses in .jasp
    • DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Stata files; saves analyses in .jasp

    This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics

  • R

    Free language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, extended by thousands of packages on CRAN.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Status: Verified
    • DTA: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package; Stata labels become labelled columns
    • CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
    • XLSX: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through packages such as readxl and openxlsx
    • SAV: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package

    This replaces Stata

  • RStudio Desktop

    Free desktop IDE for R and Python with a console, editor, plots and notebooks, released under the AGPL.

    License: Open source
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Status: Active
    • SAV: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package; value labels become labelled columns
    • CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
    • XLSX: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through packages such as readxl and writexl
    • DTA: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package

    This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics

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