CougarStats is an open-source platform-independent browser-based interface for statistical data analysis.
You can use the app on our website: https://www.cougarstats.ca/
or using our backup on Shinyapps.io server by clicking https://cougarstats.shinyapps.io/CougarStats/
The name CougarStats is inspired by Mount Royal University's athletics mascot, the cougar, symbolizing strength and agility, and by the app's focus on statistics.
- Calculate the descriptive statistics (ex. mean, median, mode, quartiles, IQR, standard deviation, check for potential outliers etc.)
- Construct a Boxplot, Histogram, Stem and Leaf plot, and Scatterplot
- Calculate the marginal, joint, union, and conditional probabilities for a contingency table
- Calculate exact and cumulative probabilities for Binomial, Poisson, Hypergeometric and Negative Binomial distributions
- Calculate cumulative probability for Normal distribution
- Sample size estimation
- Confidence interval and Hypothesis test for
- one population mean
- difference between two population means (independent samples)
- population mean difference of paired populations (dependent samples)
- one population standard deviation
- one population proportion
- difference between two population proportions
- ratio of two population variances
- Wilcoxon rank sum test (or the Mann-Whitney U test)
- One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Kruskal-Wallis Test
- Chi-Square test of independence
- Fisher's Exact Test
- Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis
- Pearson's product-moment correlation
- Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
- Kendall's tau
- Multiple Linear Regression
- Binary Logistic Regression
- Students enrolled in an introductory statistics class
- Instructors wanting to use an open-source tool in their labs
- Ashok Krishnamurthy Ph.D.,, Associate Professor, Mount Royal University: Template and model designer, copyright holder. See the faculty biography page of Prof. Krishnamurthy.
- Jacie Bennett: Senior Developer
- Krishnamurthy, A., et al. (2025). CougarStats: An R Shiny app for statistical data analysis [Web application]. https://www.cougarstats.ca/
| Funding Agency / Coursework | Recipient | Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentships | Darren Law Yan Lun | May 2025 through August 2025 |
| Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Student Research Award | Jacie Bennett | May 2025 through August 2025 |
| Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Student Research Award | Diana Vi | May 2025 through August 2025 |
| Provost's Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant (TLEG) | Samantha Brian | January 2025 through May 2025 |
| Provost's Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant (TLEG) | Bryce Carson | November 2024 through January 2025 |
| Provost's Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant (TLEG) | Michael Myer | September 2023 through April 2024 |
| Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Student Research Award | Michael Myer | June through August 2023 |
| COMP 5690: Senior Computer Science Project | Crystal Wai | September through December 2022 |