(Free) Tools for Research and Experiment Design
- Software licensing from NCSU – NC State provides some free software licenses to students, including Office 365.
- R and RStudio – R is a popular programming language for statistical testing and data visualization, and RStudio is the common interface for writing scripts in R.
- G*Power – A small program for running power analyses.
- PsyToolkit – An easy-to-learn program specifically designed for the development of psychology experiments.
- PsychoPy – A Python-based application for the design of tasks involving psychometrics. This one is specifically made with psychology and the other cognitive sciences in mind.
- Unity3D – Game development application, good for the design of 2D and 3D experiments, including VR. Uses C# programming language.
- Unreal Engine 4 – Epic Games’ game development engine and developer studio. This one uses C++.