Post AY80YpFIMhSSNQfBxI by paulralph@mastodon.acm.org
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 (DIR) Post #AY80YpFIMhSSNQfBxI by paulralph@mastodon.acm.org
       2023-07-27T13:49:42Z
       
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       @seresearchers @academicchatter What do you use for stats? Is writing data analysis scripts manually (e.g. in R or Python) really better than using a stats program like SPSS? Has anyone actually studied relative error rates or is it all just personal opinion? I just asked chatGPT to write a python script to perform an ANCOVA and its output was totally wrong. I bet novice and probably intermediate analysts make more mistakes with Python than SPSS.
       
 (DIR) Post #AY80YqGkYmDRYELrrU by spmackinnon@fediscience.org
       2023-07-27T14:44:06Z
       
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       @paulralph @seresearchers @academicchatter I've used lots of programs, but now use R and find it best because there's access to more cutting edge techniques. I was an SPSS user for years, and the point and click interface can be helpful to newbies. Now, I would instead reccomend jamovi for novices and people who need only simple analyses like ANOVA. https://www.jamovi.org/R is better for intermediate and long-term users in the long run though, despite the tougher learning curve.
       
 (DIR) Post #AY82nXawTMk7syvufw by brettcannon@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-27T18:57:24Z
       
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       @paulralph @seresearchers @academicchatter Did you ask ChatGPT because you already knew how to do ANCOVA in SPSS, or because you believe it's easier regardless of whether you knew?Does SPSS have a way to export your stats work for open reproducibility w/o buying SPSS?
       
 (DIR) Post #AY82nYTtB4hAdOdnJw by neilernst@mastodon.acm.org
       2023-07-27T19:01:45Z
       
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       @brettcannon @paulralph @seresearchers @academicchatter this! I don’t find the commercial tools reproducible.