The creators of this guide thank the librarians and staff at Kent State University for the use of their guide on Statistical & Qualitative Data Analysis Software as a template.
Home: General information about what software is available for members of FSU, both licensed by the university and free to use. You will also find contact information for additional help with software access, as well as this guide.
Licensed Software: Links to request software licensed by FSU for employee use.
Free Software: Links to access free and open source software, including options for statistical and qualitative analysis, graphing and visualization, data cleaning and extraction, and geographic/map tools.
Software Help: Information and learning resources for common statistical and qualitative data analysis software.
The following table shows what statistical and qualitative data analysis software packages are available through Fitchburg State University at no charge for University-owned and personally-owned computers, or are free/open source software options available to all at no cost:
| Software | Licensing | Operating System | Analysis Offered | Free Installation on University-Owned Computers | Free Installation on Personally-Owned Computers |
| Logger Pro | FSU | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes | Yes |
| MATLAB | FSU | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes | Yes |
| SPSS | FSU | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes | Yes |
| Qualtrics | FSU | All | Statistical (survey) | No installation required | No installation required |
| Google Forms | FSU (also available in personal) | All | Statistical (survey) | No installation required | No installation required |
| Visio Pro | FSU | Windows | Statistical | Yes | No |
| Excel | FSU | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes (Preprogrammed) | Yes |
| R | Free/Open Source | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes | Yes |
| RQDA | Free/Open Source | Windows, Mac | Qualitative | Yes | Yes |
| Jamovi | Free/Open Source | Windows, Mac | Statistical | Yes | Yes |
| Taguette | Free/Open Source | Windows Mac | Qualitative | Yes | Yes |
Email guide co-creators: Olivia Rossetti and Renee Fratantonio