Subject Guides: Public Health Medicine: Research

Service Offerings at UP

ATLAS.ti Service Request Install and activate ATLAS.ti software to make qualitative analysis and statistical functions possible. ONLY @up.ac.za, @tuks.co.za, @gibs.co.za, or @mygibs.co.za email addresses may be used to join the license.
Qualtrics Service Request Request to register a new Qualtrics user.
SAS Service Request Install and activate SAS to make statistical functions available.
SPSS Service Request Install and activate SPSS to make statistical functions available.
STATA Service request Install and activate STATA. ONLY available to staff and students of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Statistical Consultation Service The Department of Statistics provides a statistical consultation service to support all academic and administrative staff of the University of Pretoria, as well as *masters and doctoral students, with their empirical research.
Statistical support Points to the Research Guide that provides post graduate students with tips and tools necessary to successfully complete their research.

Data Analysis Tools, Software & Platforms

Atlas.ti
Used for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis (free version only available on workstations in the Library Research Commons).
Kepler
A free and open source scientific workflow system that enables researchers to create, execute, and share models and analyses.
OpenRefine
Used for cleaning, transforming and matching data.
Qualtrics
Survey software to collect and transform data.
R Project for Statistical Computing
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.
SAS OnDemand for Academics
SAS analytics solutions transform data into intelligence, inspiring customers around the world to make bold new discoveries that drive progress.
SPSS software
The IBM® SPSS® software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine learning algorithms, text analysis, open-source extensibility, integration with big data and seamless deployment into applications.

Qualtrics Support

Staff and/or students that want to use Qualtrics need to start by completing a Service Request on SMAX at the following link https://upsmax.up.ac.za/saw/ess/offeringPage/188131

If you have an account but it has been disabled, then use https://upsmax.up.ac.za/saw/ess/offeringPage/12371

All student accounts are set to auto-disable on 28 February of the year following the request. So for example all requests received in 2024 will be disabled 25 February 2025. No data will be lost. If the student needs further access, just use the second link to request extended access.

Accounts can only be created for UP/GIBS email accounts that contains @up.ac.za, @tuks.co.za, @gibs.co.za, and @mygibs.co.za. A request with any other email is rejected, and as the request is a control document, we are not allowed to edit the request and the member must re-apply.

Qualtrics accounts requested via SMAX may only be used for academic research purposes. Staff who required access must end up using it for publishing in an academic journal or academic research and students may only use it for their studies.

The platform offers substantial support and training with the following links pointing to frequently asked questions:

Qualtrics Online Support
Ask questions, get answers, and connect with other XM experts.
Qualtrics XM Basecamp
Browse the whole library of available training, including on-demand courses, certifications, and events and webinars across all products.
Qualtrics Community Events
Discover and join Qualtrics XM Community events under the Virtual Live Training section.
Minimising Personal Data Collection and Use in Qualtrics
Qualtrics gives you the tools to anonymise data, but it’s ultimately your responsibility to make sure you use those tools to meet any data compliance needs you may have.
Qualtrics Getting Started with Surveys
Surveys can be created in the catalog by creating a brand new survey, or copying your survey from other surveys, a file, or the library.
Qualtrics Email Survey Distribution
How to easily and conveniently distribute your survey to large groups of people via email.

Statistical Software Downloads

Procedure for requesting software to install on personal computer:

UP registered students can request software (including To have IBM SPSS, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics and Stata) on the Service Management Automation portlet on the UP portal by typing the software name on the search tab, then Request Service then follow the prompts.

Download Free software on personal computer.

Software on Research Commons computers

R , IBM SPSS and Atlas.ti are installed on all Hatfield and Groenkloof Research Commons computers. The Veterinary Research Commons has SPSS & ArcGIS installed.