My research tools

Open-source software (free as in free speech and in free beer) that I find useful in my work

• Operating system: Linux (Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora)
• Unix-like environment in Windows: Cygwin
• Statistical environment: R
  • Structural equation modeling: OpenMx, and lavaan
  • Multilevel modeling: lme4
  • Meta-analysis: metafor and metaSEM
  • Reproducible research: R Markdown with Pandoc, LaTeX with Sweave
  • IDE: RStudio
• Dynamic programming language: Julia
• Bayesian modelling: JAGS and Stan
• Generating diagrams in DOT language: Graphviz and dot2tex
• Synchronizing files among computers: rsync and Syncthing
• Remote control: TigerVNC
• Version control system: Git and GitHub
• Building files automatically: GNU make
• Programming languages: C and Python
• Preparing documents: LibreOffice with Zotero
• Editors/IDE: Atom, Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Jupyter Notebook, with ESS, and Org mode

Proprietary software that I occasionally use in my work

• Statistical packages: SPSS, SAS, and Stata
• Structural equation modeling: Mplus, Lisrel, and EQS