RE: st: AW: Popularity of R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...

["David Radwin" <dradwin@mprinc.com>]

Yes, and unfortunately and sometimes inexplicably, the same statistical
procedures using different software may yield different results.

See, for example, http://nces.ed.gov/pubSearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=200003 ,
especially table 1a.

That is not a problem with using different word processors or citation
software.

David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Austin Nichols
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:46 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: AW: Popularity of R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...
>
> Nick Winter <nwinter@virginia.edu> :
> Reproducibility of results, for one. So you need not only the brand,
> but the version etc.
> E.g. search for "Stata" in
> http://gsppi.berkeley.edu/faculty/jrothstein/hoxby/rejoinder.pdf
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Nick Winter <nwinter@virginia.edu>
wrote:
> > At the risk of provoking flames - can someone articulate the reason
> *for*
> > citing the statistical software used in a book or article, especially
in
> the
> > case where only very standard statistical tools are used?  We don't,
for
> > example, generally cite the word processor, citation management
> software,
> > and other computer tools used in the course of our research....
> >
> > - Nick Winter
>
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