Software for epidemiologists
Contents
Statistical packages
Statistical software is one of the most important software for epdiemiologists. For a detailed review see the list of comparison of statistical packages from Wikipedia. The most important ones are listed here:
- R = Open source statistics package
- Stata = statistic software
- SPSS =statistic software
- GraphPad Prism = statistic software focused on graphs
- Openepi = Open Source Epidemiologic Statistics for Public Health
- Atlasti = Qualitative statistics software
- Joinpoint = analysis of trends using joinpoint models
- Atrisk = risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation
- Quick guide for experienced users of other statistical packages (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata) who would like to transition to R. http://www.statmethods.net/index.html
GIS software
Geographical information systems are used for displaying and analysing geographic data. For a detailed list see the list of GIS-software from Wikipedia. The most important ones are listed here
- Acrgis = frequently used program
- Quantum GIS = Open source GIS program
- Regiograph = business mapping software
Data entry software
- Epidata = data collection instrument released by the non-profit organisation "The EpiData Association"
- Epiinfo = data collection instrument by CDC
- Go.Data
- SORMAS
Social network analysis
- Cytoscape = Open source social network analysis tool
Online questionnaires software
- Limesurvey = Open source online questionnaire tool
- Select survey
- Survey monkey
- Voozanoo
FEM PAGE CONTRIBUTORS 2007
- Editor
- Arnold Bosman
- Contributors
- Vladimir Prikazsky
- Jakob Schumacher
- Arnold Bosman
