 Abstract

 Introduction
 Listof Data Analysis Softwares
 Software types
 References
The invention of the computer has led
to development of many data analysis
software.
Various statistical operations can now
be carried out on computers using the
appropriate software.
There is a constant upgrading and
development of these analysis software
to meet the market demands.
Analysis of data is a process of
inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and
modeling data with the goal of
highlighting useful information,
suggesting conclusions, and supporting
decision making.
Data analysis has multiple facets and
approaches, encompassing diverse
techniques under a variety of names, in
different business, science, and social
science domains.
Data analysis is the process of evaluating data using analytical and
statistical tools to discover useful information and aid in business decision
making. There are a several data analysis methods including data mining,
text analytics, business intelligence and data visualization.

Defining Objectives: Any study must begin with a set of clearly defined
business objectives. Much of the decisions made in the rest of the process
depends on how clearly the objectives of the study have been stated.

Data Collection: Data relevant to the question must be collected from the
appropriate sources.

Data Wrangling: Raw data may be collected in several different formats. The
collected data must be cleaned and converted so that data analysis tools can
import it.
Data Analysis: This is the step where the cleaned and aggregated data is
imported into analysis tools. These tools allow you to explore the data, find
patterns in it, and ask and answer what-if questions. This is the process by
which sense is made of data gathered in research by proper application of
statistical methods.

Drawing Conclusions and Making Predictions: This is the step where, after
sufficient analysis, conclusions can drawn from the data and appropriate
predictions can be made. These conclusions and predications may then be
summarized in a report delivered to end-users.

Data analysis software is essential as it ;

1) Makes handling of data easy

2) Leads to faster working
3) Leads to increased efficiency
4) Enables analysis of complex data sets
5) Enables greater accuracy in analysis
1) Sisense 13) IBM Watson
2) Looker 14) G-numeric
3) Zoho Analytics 15) Open stat
4) SPSS 16) MATLAB
17) Google Analytics
5) MS-excel
18) Apache Hadoop
6) Yellowfin 19) Apache Spark
7) Domo 20) SAP Business Intelligence
8) Qlik Sense Platform
9) GoodData 21) Minitab
22) Stata
10) Birst
23) RapidMiner
11) IBM Analytics 24) Visitor Analytics
12) IBM Cognos
The following analysis software will
be covered in this presentation:
SPSS
MS-excel
G-numeric
Open stat
This software is used for the following
purposes:
For statistical analysis
Data management and documentation
For descriptive statistics like cross
tabulations, and frequencies
It is also used for bivariate statistics
like means, t-tests, ANOVA, correlation
and linear programming
 Is a commercial spreadsheet application
written and distributed by Microsoft for
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
 It features calculation, graphing tools,
pivot tables, and a macro programming
language called Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA).
 It can perform various analysis functions
like ANOVA, covariance, correlation,
descriptive statistics and regression.
Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program
that is part of the GNOME Free
Software.
It has a unique ability of being able to
import and export data in sveral file
formats including CSV and Ms-Excel.
It can perform various analysis
functions like ANOVA, covariance,
correlation, descriptive statistics and
regression.
OpenStat is a general-purpose statistics
package written in the Borland C++
Development compiler .
It contains nearly all the analyses
required in statistics courses e.g.
spreadsheets, descriptive statistics,
financial programs, simulation
programs, and measurement programs .
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