statcheck - a spellchecker for statistics
Nuijten, M. B.
(2018).
statcheck - a spellchecker for statistics.
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 |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2018 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 27 Jun 2018 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88742 |