[Blindmath] Questions from a struggling student.

[Faiz Rasool]

Hi All,

My name is Faiz. I am a student of Sociology, studying in University of Karachi, karachi, Pakistan. I have joined the list today.

I am having serious problems in finding a way of statistically analyzing quantitative data that is typically collected in social research. In my University SPSS is used. From what I know, SPss is not jaws friendly. The other possible option is R statistical package, but no one use it here, and I am unaware of its accessibility as well. 

Instead of telling everyone about the frustrating situation I am facing, I am going to ask two questions. if anyone can answer them, I will be grateful. 

One what statistical package I can use with Jaws. the type of analysis I need to do include the common statistical tests like chi-square, correlation, regression, and perhaps factor analysis. 

Two Considering that R  is a free statistical package, I would be interested to know that does it have the capabilities to perform the tasks mentioned above.

In sum, I need, and want to learn to perform statistical analysis mentioned above using a statistical package. However what program should I use and what program is accessible with jaws are two questions answers to which I do not have.

Thanks all for reading. 
Faiz.