The Tufts Data Lab is housed in Tisch Library and functions as a teaching and research space designed to foster innovation and collaboration in the data sciences across the Tufts community. The Data Lab offers both technological and methodological support for a range of data-related practices and applications. Walk-in service is available as well as in-depth consultations by appointment.
Visit the Data Lab's website for more information on the many services and applications available to Tufts students.
There are a wide variety of resources for data acquisition, management, analysis, and visualization available through Tisch Library and through Tufts more generally. Several key resources are outlined on this page.
For more tools and information, see the Tisch Library Research Guide for Social Science Data and Statistics.
R is a powerful open source programming language for statistical analysis. R is known for its active user community, its robust packages, flexibility and graphics.
Where can I find R?
You can get R for your computer along with full documentation from www.r-project.org
R is available in the DataLab (tisch library) and on the collaborative workstation computers and Room 224 in Tisch Library.
Helpful resources for using R:
For more resources on using R, see the R page of Tisch Library's Social Science Data & Statistics Research Guide
jamovi is a free, open-source statistical platform created with the goal of effective, community-driven data software. the jamovi platform is built on the idea that anyone should have access to great tools for data analysis and that such analysis should be available to anyone.
See the user guide for everything you need to get started using jamovi.