Alternatives for statistical analysis
Honest comparisons of tools for running and checking statistical analyses, including when another tool is the better choice.
AI data-analysis assistants
AI tools that write or run statistical analyses.
- Compare toolsChatGPT for statistical analysis: when to use it, what to check, and the alternativesUse ChatGPT to explore data and draft analysis code, then check the test, the defaults and the numbers before you publish. Here is what published evaluations found, a checklist, and when another tool fits better.
- Compare toolsClaude, Gemini or Copilot for statistical analysis: what each can do, and how to check the resultAll three can analyse a spreadsheet. Pick the one where your data already live, tell it your design, and rerun its code before a number goes into a paper. Features from each assistant's own help pages, evaluations and a checklist.
- Compare toolsJulius AI alternatives: AI data-analysis tools compared, and how to check their statisticsJulius, ChatGPT and Claude all write and run code on uploaded data. Choose by where you work and what you may upload, then state the design and rerun the code. Features from each tool's own pages, and a worked check.
Statistics software
Point-and-click and scripted statistics packages.
- Compare toolsGraphPad Prism alternatives: what to use alongside it, and how to check the statisticsKeep Prism for point-and-click analysis and graphs; add R, Python, JASP or jamovi for free, scripted or Bayesian work, and check a published result against its data. Each option's strengths, from its own pages.
- Compare toolsSPSS alternatives: what opens your .sav files, and what to check when you switchJASP, jamovi and PSPP are free and can open SPSS files; R and Python read them too. Keep SPSS where your lab depends on it, and check which t-test row you report. Each option's strengths, from its own pages.
- Compare toolsStatistics in Excel: what T.TEST really does, its pitfalls, and the alternativesExcel's T.TEST returns only a p-value, and its type argument decides which test you ran. Pick the type from your design, protect raw data from auto-conversion, and use R, Python, JASP or jamovi for more.