Psychology Ski Study Results

[rodenski5]

...aaaaaand you're ignorant. I mean seriously, I can't think of a better red flag for a shitty know-it-all than wanton dismissal of academic fields.
Also, nearly infinite? Really? Hyperbole is one thing, being an idiot is another.

 

[snowbladesforlife]

If you understood how much bureaucracy and what a pissing contest it is in each field, then shitting on other fields of study isn't even really a problem

 

[thefilmerguy]

my threads. this looks quite interesting and hopefully i'll give it a significant read here later.

 

[T_K]

yeah who claims their stat software in their papers? Try everyone you dumbass. i'd say maybe every peer-reviewed journal article i've ever read (alot) has claimed their software, and its often SPSS.

 

[snowbladesforlife]

I don't know what wack ass journals you're reading. But no real journals claim their stat software.

 

[WILCOX]

hell yea

 

[Rainbow*Stylin]

i wish i could rate you 0/10 more than once, fucking dick

 

[m.brus]

2 hands here!

Pretty sweet though

 

[babujib]

you still snowblade though...

 

[dwalk]

will read later

 

[iggyskier]

are you serious? While writing my thesis, every single biology paper I used made sure to include what stats program they used to do their statistical analysis. And these are just the journals I used for writing my thesis, so it obviously only represents a small portion of the journals out there.

I can't speak for other sciences, but I know when I was writing/reading anything in biology, you would include what stats program you used.

Functional Ecology

Journal of Applied Physiology

The Journal of Experimental Biology

Current Biology

The Journal of Animal Ecology

American Journal of Physiology

American Zoology

Science

BioScience

The Biological Bulletin

Respiratory Physiology

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology

Journal of Comparative Physiology

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Crustaceana

Journal of Applied Physiology

Animal Behavior

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

So to say that legitimate scientific journals don't list their stats program is ridiculous, at least in the biological field.

 

[iggyskier]

O, and most of the time, the program used was SPSS

 

[michelle]

my threads

 

[OzPac]

haha i'll be honest the direction of this thread has kinda suprised me! wasnt expecting a full on argument about the pros and cons of spss! thanks for calling out the douches who hate on here, i just dont understand the need for comment if you think something is pointless, just move on! This was never meant to be published, its just a work i thought might interest some in the community - im not exactly an expert or anything. Thanks for those that have supported it, and to those who have shared constructive, rather than pointless critsism.

 

[snowbladesforlife]

I am not well versed in bio journals, but how much mathematical modeling do they really need to do? In nearly ever Econ/Business/Marking/IS/IT/Tech journal there is hardly ever mention of the stat package. The only place I saw it frequently was in theses and dissertations.
Every time I use SPSS the interface makes me feel like a fucking 8 year old. That's great if your a marketing major or something, but come on. If all you need to do is generate a histogram and do some linear regressions, then use excel. Also SPSS has been unable to many things that R can do for free. R is basically instant when SPSS will take a considerable amount of time to produce the results. I'm not that smart and my thought process doesn't align with the command prompt train of thought and I can still use R.