Resources
Analysis & Reporting
Software for collecting, managing and analysing data, managing references and running systematic reviews, and the reporting guidelines journals use.
Statistics
Resource What it offers Access RStudio Desktop — PositA desktop editor for working in R; R is installed separately Free JASP — University of AmsterdamMenu-driven classical and Bayesian statisticsFree Stata — StataCorpStatistics for epidemiology, survey and panel data, with scripted workflows Paid IBM SPSS Statistics — IBMMenu-driven statisticsPaid; free trial
Data Collection
Resource What it offers Access REDCap — REDCap ConsortiumSecure web databases and surveys for clinical studies Free for institutions that join the consortium ODK — ODKOffline mobile and web forms with location, photos and question logic Free to host yourself; paid cloud hosting
Reference Management
Resource What it offers Access Zotero — ZoteroCollect, annotate and cite references in word processors Free; paid extra storage Mendeley Reference Manager — ElsevierReference and PDF library with a citation plug-in Free, registration
Resource What it offers Access Rayyan — RayyanTeam screening of titles, abstracts and full texts Free basic plan; paid plans Covidence — CovidenceA review workflow covering screening, risk of bias and data extraction Paid; free trial ASReview LAB — ASReviewActive learning that brings likely relevant records forward during screening Free RevMan — CochraneWriting reviews and running meta-analyses Subscription; free for Cochrane reviews
Reporting Guidelines
Reporting guidelines list what a paper should report for its study design. The EQUATOR Network library holds reporting guidelines for health research, searchable by study type.
