R
R is a free statistical package (open software) that we will be using in this class. You should download it as soon as possible from
here. If your computer is a PC, you should download the file R-2.8.0-win32.exe in the link above, and follow the instructions in that page.
Here are some useful introductory tutorials on R:
- http://www.math.ilstu.edu/dhkim/Rstuff/Rtutor.html
- http://www.cyclismo.org/tutorial/R/
- http://zoonek2.free.fr/UNIX/48_R/all.html
- http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html
- http://wiener.math.csi.cuny.edu/UsingR/
Spreadsheet Software
There are several spreadsheet software packages available. The most famous one is Microsoft Excel.
However, if you do not have Excel, you should download another spreadsheet software.
I recommend you download OpenOffice, which includes a spreadsheet (Calc), a writing and a presentation software, similar to Microsoft's Excel, Word and Powerpoint from Openoffice.org.
OpenOffice recognizes Word (doc/docx), Excel (xls), Powerpoint (ppt), rtf and other formats.
Here are some links to tutorials on Excel.