statcheck - a spellchecker for statistics

Nuijten, Michèle B. (2018) statcheck - a spellchecker for statistics. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (28 Feb 2018). Website.

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A study has revealed a high prevalence of inconsistencies in reported statistical test results. Such inconsistencies make results unreliable, as they become "irreproducible", and ultimately affect the level of trust in scientific reporting. statcheck is a free, open-source tool that automatically extracts reported statistical results from papers and recalculates p-values. Following an investigation into its accuracy, Michèle B. Nuijten finds statcheck to be very effective at flagging inconsistencies and gross inconsistencies, with an overall accuracy of 96.2% to 99.9%.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2018 16:18
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 13:32
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88742

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