Statistical Tools & Software for Epidemiology & Infection Control

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1. Epi Info™ (CDC)

Free epidemiology software for outbreak investigations, dashboards, questionnaires, analytics, and basic statistics.
https://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.html

 

2. R (R Project for Statistical Computing)

Open‑source statistical environment used globally for epidemiology, modelling, and surveillance analytics.
https://www.r-project.org/

 

3. RStudio (Posit Desktop – Free Version)

User‑friendly interface for R with script management, plots, and reproducible analysis.
https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/

 

4. Python (with Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Statsmodels)

Free programming ecosystem for statistical modelling, machine learning, and epidemiological simulations.
https://www.python.org/

 

5. WHO HealthMapper

GIS‑based tool for mapping outbreaks, surveillance data, and public health indicators.
https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/healthmapper

 

6. WHO EpiEstim (Reproduction Number Estimation)

Free tool for estimating Rt during outbreaks (COVID‑19, influenza, etc.).
https://github.com/mrc-ide/EpiEstim

 

7. OpenEpi

Browser‑based epidemiology calculators: sample size, attack rates, RR, OR, CI, chi‑square, etc.
https://www.openepi.com/

 

8. MedCalc Free Statistical Calculators

Online calculators for epidemiology, diagnostic tests, and biostatistics.
https://www.medcalc.org/calc/

 

9. VassarStats

Free online statistical computation for epidemiology, biostatistics, and research.
https://vassarstats.net/

 

10. Epitools (AusVet)

Advanced epidemiological calculators for infection control, surveillance, and risk assessment.
https://epitools.ausvet.com.au/

 

11. QGIS (Open‑Source GIS)

Free geographic information system for mapping outbreaks, clusters, and environmental exposures.
https://qgis.org/

 

12. PSPP (GNU)

Free alternative to SPSS for descriptive statistics, regression, and hypothesis testing.
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

 

13. JASP

Free, user‑friendly statistical software with Bayesian and frequentist methods.
https://jasp-stats.org/

 

14. Jamovi

Open‑source statistical platform built on R with a clean interface for clinicians.
https://www.jamovi.org/

 

15. SaTScan

Cluster detection software for outbreaks, spatial epidemiology, and temporal surveillance.
https://www.satscan.org/

 

16. GeoDa

Free spatial statistics software for cluster detection, mapping, and spatial regression.
https://geodacenter.github.io/

 

17. StatCalc (Epi Info Online Version)

Quick epidemiology calculators for RR, OR, CI, sample size, and outbreak metrics.
https://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/statcalc/index.html

 

18. Tableau Public

Free version of Tableau for creating interactive dashboards (data must be public).
https://public.tableau.com/

 

19. Power BI Desktop (Free)

Free analytics tool for dashboards, surveillance metrics, and infection‑control reporting.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/power-bi-desktop/9ntxr16hnw1t

 

20. Epidemics Calculator (Ferguson Model)

Simple online SEIR model for outbreak projections.
https://gabgoh.github.io/COVID/index.html