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. link.springer.com Submitted by Alysdexic t3_zp8dnc on December 18, 2022 at 9:04 PM in science 16 comments 271
SylvPMDRTD t1_j0twupn wrote on December 19, 2022 at 11:34 AM I’ve been playing with SPSS and PSPP for a few undergrad things. I like them, but have noticed the difference in a few different areas. ( I don’t have the training to create my own algorithm, I mainly just use the default functions.) Permalink 1
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