Please Switch to Python. Or R. Or Anything. Just Not Stata, SAS, SPSS, or Matlab
PythonStataSASSPSSMATLABproprietary softwareopen-sourcegeneral-purpose programming languagesdata sharingreproducibility
Author: heterodoxjedi
Date: 6/12/2026
Article Summary:
The author argues that users should switch from proprietary statistical software like Stata, SAS, SPSS, and MATLAB to open-source, general-purpose programming languages like Python, citing its flexibility, accessibility, and sharing infrastructure.