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Jing

February 01, 2016 by Laurie Parker
Categories: Multimedia

Availability: Free download
Comparable: Screencast-O-Matic, Camtasia, Expression Encoder

Jing logoJing is a free download that allows users to easily capture basic video or images of their computer screen. Captured images can be annotated with markup tools and video captures can be narrated. Maximum video length is 5 minutes.

The captured information can then be saved to the local computer, copied/pasted into a document, or shared on the Web. Sharing options include Screencast.com, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or FTP server.

Jing is compatible with the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms. Users are required to create a free account in order to use the software.

Photos

December 02, 2015 by Laurie Parker
Categories: Design & VisualizationMultimedia

PhotosAvailability: Included as a bundled app in OSX Yosemite v10.10.3 and later.
Comparable:  Aperture, iPhoto, Lightroom, Picasa

Photos is a photo editing and management computer program developed by Apple Inc. for the OS X operating system. This application replaces the discontinued products Aperture and iPhoto. In April 2015, Photos was released as a bundled app to OS X Yosemite users in OS X 10.10.3.

Features of Photos include powerful image editing tools that are considered more robust than those previously available in iPhoto. Users can access their Mac photo and video library from all their devices through the iCloud Photo Library. Photos can be organized by Moments, Collections, and Years. Users can also share their photos on Facebook, Twitter, iCloud Photo Sharing, and AirDrop.

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SOFA Statistics

July 30, 2015 by Andy Voelker
Categories: Analysis & Modeling

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Availability: Free Download
Comparable: SAS, SPSS, Stata

SOFA Statistics is an open-source statistical package, with an emphasis on ease of use, learn as you go, and beautiful output. The name stands for Statistics Open For All. It has a graphical user interface and can connect directly to MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS Access (mdb), Microsoft SQL Server, and CUBRID. Data can also be imported from CSV and Tab-Separated files or spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice.org Calc, Gnumeric, Google Docs). The main statistical tests available are Independent and Paired t-tests, Wilcoxon signed ranks, Mann–Whitney U, Pearson’s chi squared, Kruskal Wallis H, one-way ANOVA, Spearman’s R, and Pearson’s R. Nested tables can be produced with row and column percentages, totals, sd, mean, median, lower and upper quartiles, and sum. Simple but dynamic bar charts (freq or means), clustered bar charts (freq or means), pie charts, single or multiple line charts (freq or means), area charts (freq or means), histograms, scatterplots, and box and whisker plots are available. It is also possible to create chart series.

Installation packages are available for several Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu,ArchLinux, Linux Mint, and Mac OS X (Leopard upwards).

SOFA Statistics is written in Python, and the widget toolkit used is wxPython. The statistical analyses are based on functions available through the Scipy stats module.  Analysis and reporting can be automated using Python scripts – either exported directly from SOFA Statistics or manually written.

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