Your Statistics Student Toolkit
Undergraduate • Linux
Statistical software, programming and research tools for statistics students.
Who this toolkit is for
For statistics students.
Essential (4)
Core tools that are broadly useful.
Statistics
- R
Open Source
Why you may need this: The most widely taught language for statistics.
APT (verified)sudo apt install r-base - RStudio Desktop
Open Source
Why you may need this: An IDE for R with plots and reports.
View official installation instructions
Research / Citation
Office / Documents
LibreOfficeOpen Source
Why you may need this: A free office suite for essays, spreadsheets and presentations.
APT (verified)sudo apt install libreoffice
Recommended (2)
Useful for particular parts of the work or course.
Specialist / Optional · Show specialist tools (2)
Consider these for particular modules, tasks or environments.
Statistics
Why you may need this: Some modules teach SPSS; check your university access.
View official installation instructionsCheck your university access
Your university or college may provide this software or a student licence. Check before purchasing.
Typesetting
- Overleaf
FreemiumAlso on Web
Why you may need this: Write reports with LaTeX.
Open web app
Course requirements vary. Software requirements differ between schools, colleges, universities and modules. Check your course materials before purchasing software.
Build your student setup
Build My Setup lets you add or remove apps, see why each is included and, where verified packages exist, get one install command. Nothing is installed automatically.