Tools for project management and organization



Tools developed by Data for Good Organizations


Aequitas

An open source bias audit toolkit for machine learning developers, analysts, and
policymakers to audit machine learning models for discrimination and bias and make
informed and equitable decisions around developing and deploying predictive riskassessment tools.
http://www.datasciencepublicpolicy.org/our-work/tools-guides/aequitas/
(source: DSSG Foundation)

Triage

An open-source machine learning toolkit to help data scientists, machine learning
developers, and analysts quickly prototype, build and evaluate end-to-end predictive risk
modeling systems for public policy and social good problem.
https://github.com/dssg/triage
(source: DSSG Foundation)

Dealing with Bias and Fairness in Data Science Systems: A Practical Hands-on Tutorial
https://dssg.github.io/fairness_tutorial/
(source: DSSG Foundation)

DSSG Solve

Solve for Good is a platform for social good organizations to describe and submit problems
that need data intensive help, and for volunteers to help solve those problems.
https://www.solveforgood.org/

An Ethical Checklist for Data Science
https://www.dssgfellowship.org/2015/09/18/an-ethical-checklist-for-data-science/
(source: dssg fellowship)


Open Source software and other free-to-use tools for Data Analysis


PAleontological STatistics

PAST is a free, multiplatform (Windows, Mac) statistical analysis tool developed by Professor Øyvind Hammer from the University of Oslo. The software was originally designed to support the evaluation of paleontological data, but can also be used for general data analysis.
https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/research/resources/past/

PSPP

PSPP is a stable and reliable, multiplatform (Windows, Mac, Linux) data analysis software with full SPSS compatibility. PSPP offers descriptive statistics, linear and logistic regression, ANOVA, various statistical tests, cluster analysis, factor analysis and a number of other methods and procedures.

https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

SOFA – Statistics Open For All

SOFA is a particularly easy-to-use tool for statistical data analysis that is particularly suitable for beginners in the world of data science. It is freely available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. SOFA creates high-quality graphical outputs and automatically enhances statistical analysis results with additional explanations and tips for interpretation.

http://www.sofastatistics.com

JASP – Just Another Statistics Program

JASP is a fully Open Source statistics tool developed and supported by the University of Amsterdam. The dynamic user interface, in which the analysis results are adapted in real time to any changes in the output data or analysis parameters, is a particularly distinctive feature of the software. JASP is available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems.

https://jasp-stats.org/

SampleSizer

The free Windows software SampleSizer allows the calculation of the minimal sample size required for a representative survey based on the Cochran formula. Size of population, width and certainty of the confidence interval and sample proportion value are required as input parameters.

http://www.hs-harz.de/user-mounts/322_m1036/dateien/Sonstiges/SampleSizer.zip