Esri’s ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. Users can research maps, images, geo databases, and tools, as a web service.Read more…
Analysis & Modeling
Analysis refers to software intended to analyze data, whether it be mathematical, instrumental, quantitative, or qualitative. This category includes many research and statistical packages as well as graphing tools for showing data trends and correlations.
Modeling software focuses on the digital creation or the digital re-creation of a design. Modeling software allows for digital simulation to explore possibilities, theories, and simulate results. It also allows for easy viewing of the design from perspectives that would otherwise be difficult.
This category includes mapping tools, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) tools, plotting tools, landscape analysts, and geological structure tool. Also included is Software for statistical gathering, analysis, computation, and visualization. Often used in research, polling, or surveying.
Excel
Availability: Windows Labs | Faculty/Staff | DownloadPart of: Microsoft Office Suite
Comparable: OpenOffice, Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office Suite. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms. Excel also facilitates basic statistical functions and data visualization. Excel is available on the MacOS and Windows platforms.
Fathom
Availability: Download
Fathom software can be used to teach data analysis and statistics and help students understand algebra, precalculus and statistics. Users can represent data in a variety of graphs, bar charts, scatter plots, function plots, and histograms. The software’s data analysis capabilities make it a tool that can be used for the physical and biological sciences, as well as for social science courses.
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