knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE, eval=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE)
library(statcheck) pack <- sessionInfo()$otherPkgs info_statcheck <- pack[[which(names(pack)=="statcheck")]] version <- info_statcheck$Version date <- info_statcheck$Date year <- strsplit(date,"-")[[1]][1]
These results were automatically generated with the R package "statcheck" (Epskamp & Nuijten, r year
), version r version
.
The table below reports the statcheck results of your manuscript. The table lists all Null Hypothesis Significance Tests that are reported according to the APA style, and indicates whether the reported p-value matches a recomputed p-value based on the reported test statistic and degrees of freedom. The first column provides green dots to indicate a consistent result, yellow dots for an inconsistent result not bearing on significance, and red dots to indicate an inconsistent result that bears on significance at the .05 level.
setwd(system.file("rmd", package="statcheck")) load("statcheckOutput.RData") stat <- statcheckOutput stat$Consistency[stat$Error==FALSE & stat$DecisionError==FALSE] <- "Consistent" stat$Consistency[stat$Error==TRUE & stat$DecisionError==FALSE] <- "**Inconsistency**" stat$Consistency[stat$Error==TRUE & stat$DecisionError==TRUE] <- "**Decision Inconsistency**" stat_sparse <- stat[c("Source","Raw","Computed","Consistency")] colnames(stat_sparse) <- c("Article","Result As Given In Text","Computed P-Value","Consistency") ## # create color coding for the errors red <- "<span style='color:red; font-size: 20pt'>$\\bullet$</span>" yellow <- "<span style='color:orange; font-size: 20pt'>$\\bullet$</span>" green <- "<span style='color:green; font-size: 20pt'>$\\bullet$</span>" Code <- NA Code[stat_sparse$Consistency == "**Decision Inconsistency**"] <- red Code[stat_sparse$Consistency == "**Inconsistency**"] <- yellow Code[stat_sparse$Consistency == "Consistent"] <- green ## stat_sparse <- cbind(Code,stat_sparse) knitr::kable(stat_sparse)
statcheck (Epskamp & Nuijten, r year
) is an R package that automatically extracts statistical results from papers and checks the internal consistency of those results.
statcheck roughly works as follows:
statcheck takes into account one-sided testing as follows. If somewhere in the paper the words "one-sided", "one-tailed", or "directional" are mentioned, and the reported p-value would have been consistent if it was a one-sided test, statcheck counts it as a one-sided test and does not flag it as inconsistent.
The variables in the table above can be interpreted as follows.
Variable | Interpretation ---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code | Color coding for inconsistencies. Green = Consistent, Yellow = Inconsistency, Red = Decision Inconsistency Source | The name of the file that was checked Raw | The full raw statistical result that was extracted Computed | The recomputed p-value based on the reported test statistic and degrees of freedom Consistency | Consistent = The reported p-value is consistent; Inconsistency = The reported p-value is not consistent; Decision Inconsistency = The reported p-value is not consistent and bears on significance ($\alpha$ = .05)
Please note that statcheck is an automated procedure and does not offer any explanations for detected inconsistencies (e.g., incorrect rounding, erroneous retrieval from computer output, a copy-paste error, or a a typo).
Also note that in the case of a flagged inconsistency, statcheck assumes that the p-value is the number that is misreported. However, it could well be the case that an inconsistent result is caused by a wrong test statistic or degrees of freedom.
For more details on what statcheck can and cannot do, and a list of common reasons why statcheck either does not find statistics or flags them as inconsistent, see the manual at http://rpubs.com/michelenuijten/statcheckmanual.
Nuijten, M.B., Hartgerink, C. H. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Epskamp, S., & Wicherts, J. M. (2016). The prevalence of statistical reporting errors in psychology (1985-2013). Behavior Research Methods, 48 (4), 1205-1226.. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-015-0664-2
Epskamp, S., & Nuijten, M. B. (r year
). statcheck: Extract statistics from articles and recompute p-values. R package version r version
.
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