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bildramer t1_j0stzmo wrote

Reply to comment by Alarmed-Bluejay-9459 in A study finds that researcher degrees of freedom in statistical software contribute to unreliable results. Specifically, multiple inconsistencies were found in the results produced between statistical packages due to algorithmic variation, computational error, and statistical output. by Alysdexic

Programmers, especially programmers of statistics software/packages, usually take numerical stability into account, and put recommendations in the documentation. E.g. Numpy and Scipy have log1p, exp1m, logsumexp and such for stability reasons. R mentions it often iirc. It's the researchers that aren't likely to know.

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