A comparative study of the reliability of nine statistical software packages

DOI10.1016/j.csda.2006.02.013zbMath1161.62302WikidataQ122958573 ScholiaQ122958573MaRDI QIDQ1020020

Kellie B. Keeling, Robert J. Pavur

Publication date: 29 May 2009

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2006.02.013

zbMATH Keywords

software testing; numerical accuracy; statistical reference data sets (StRD)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62-04: Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to statistics

62J05: Linear regression; mixed models

62J02: General nonlinear regression

62J10: Analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA)

62N05: Reliability and life testing

68N99: Theory of software

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Uses Software

• Mathematica
• LIMDEP
• Excel
• TestU01

Cites Work

• On the accuracy of statistical distributions in Microsoft Excel 2003
• On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 2003
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