JASP
JASP is a free desktop statistics application for analyzing data with point-and-click workflows, tables, charts, and reproducible results.
What is JASP?
JASP is a desktop statistics app for macOS and other major platforms that helps students, teachers, researchers, and analysts run statistical tests without needing to program. It provides a spreadsheet-style interface for importing data, selecting analyses, and reviewing results in organized output panels. Common uses include descriptive statistics, t tests, ANOVA, regression, Bayesian analysis, meta-analysis, and visualizing data for coursework or research projects. JASP also supports exporting results for reports and presentations, which makes it practical for academic and teaching workflows. Because it is distributed as free and open-source software, it is widely used as an accessible alternative to more complex or expensive statistics tools. Bruno Boutin is publicly identified with the JASP project as a lead developer.
Key features
- Import data and analyze it in a spreadsheet-style interface
- Run common statistical tests such as t tests, ANOVA, regression, and contingency analyses
- Perform Bayesian analyses alongside classical statistical methods
- Create tables, plots, and formatted output for reports and teaching materials
- Export results for sharing, presentations, and written assignments
- Use additional modules for areas such as meta-analysis and structural equation modeling
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
JASP is legitimate statistical analysis software and its normal behavior is consistent with a desktop app used to open, analyze, and save data files. It may access files you choose to import or export, and that file access is expected for its purpose. As with any statistics tool, use care when opening sensitive datasets and save your work in appropriate locations. If you no longer use JASP, removing it should mainly affect the app and its own settings or cached data.
Recommendation: Keep JASP if you use it for coursework, research, or data analysis on your Mac. If you no longer need it, you can remove the app and, if desired, clean up its support files afterward without affecting macOS itself.
Common paths
/Applications/JASP.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/org.jaspstats.jasp
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/JASP
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/org.jaspstats.jasp.plist
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