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Mendeley – Bibliography manager (free)
Mendeley is a free bibliography manager. Annoyingly, it is not open-source. But it is superior to endnote. It makes researching easier. PDF’s can be sync’d with an online account (500MB for free). Article information is read from the PDF and checked using google scholar. A PDF viewer is included and the your collection’s meta-data can [...]
R – Statistical Package (Free)
R is used to calculate statistics. The interface is not user friendly. But, once mastered, a lot can be achieved. Especially as it can be scripted. Being open source, the system is continually extended, and efficient. It is also cross-platform. I use it regularly on both the Windows and Linux machines I work on. The windows [...]
Post guidelines
From Orwell (2010): (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. (ii) Never us a long word where a short one will do. (iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. (iv) Never use the passive where you [...]