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> When a statistical result deviates from APA format, statcheck will not find it. Incentive for authors to obfuscate their math?
by snerbles 10y ago
> When a statistical result deviates from APA format, statcheck will not find it.
Incentive for authors to obfuscate their math?
- dahart 10y agoPretty sure APA format is required for APA journals, but either way, fortunately, the desire on the part of authors to get papers published and on the part of reviewers to have standards and clear presentation outweighs anyone's desire to game statcheck. But you do make a great point in that statcheck could and should red-line papers that present no discernible stats, and provide links to the APA style guide!
- schmichael 10y agoIt'd be easier for them to not obfuscate and use the checker themselves prior to publishing.
- snerbles 10y agoTrue, assuming no malfeasance on the part of the authors.
- cortesoft 10y agoIf you are trying to publish a fraudulent paper, you aren't going to do it by including subtle math errors to fudge your data in the direction you want. You would just falsify the data itself; way harder to find, and much more effective.