A study finds that researcher degrees of freedom in statistical software contribute to unreliable results. Specifically, multiple inconsistencies were found in the results produced between statistical packages due to algorithmic variation, computational error, and statistical output. link.springer.com Submitted by Alysdexic t3_zp8dnc on December 18, 2022 at 9:04 PM in science 16 comments 271
Researchers investigated the citation frequency of retracted scientific papers in science. They found that the retraction of papers only has a limited effect on citation (decreases citation frequency by ~60%) compared to non-retracted papers. Thus, retracted papers often live on. journals.plos.org Submitted by Alysdexic t3_znv6y1 on December 17, 2022 at 1:49 AM in science 16 comments 312