Keyword: «freely available software»

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of modern education - the use of computer mathematics systems in the educational process. It was emphasized that the most difficult stage in its development is the initial stage. From that moment on, the teacher needs to instill in the student a “reference ideology”, which allows him to gradually master, notice the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of the system. The first task using a computer is to organize and enter statistical data .. The fragment of the table (a specific database) and methods of transferring it to the PAST, Gretl and Jasp packages are presented in the work.