Descriptive Statistical Analysis Using JASP What Is JASP? Free statistical data analysis software, user friendly, open source, multiplatform. Why Use JASP and Not SPSS? JASP is free, user friendly, frequentist and Bayesian analysis, nice and easy to read outputs. Importing Data JASP can import: . .CSV . .sav . .txt JASP will not open excel files but you can easily save as .csv Filtering Variables If your variable is categorical: · single click on variable name · under filter click on condition you want to remove For more complex filters click first on funnel, then specify instruction for your filter Creating New Variables You can compute new variables from variables you have in your dataset · click on cross · give a name to new variable · compute new variable and click complete column Descriptive Data Analysis With JASP · click on descriptive · move to the right the variables you want to describe · you might want to explore the descriptive for each gender, in that case move the variable sex to split · in plots menu you can select different types of graphs such as distribution plots and scatter plots · in statistics menu you can you can select statistic you can select additional statistics I.e., standard error of mean · JASP will display output as you click on different options · Tables and graph outputs are of high quality so will need little editing before pasting them in your report