statcheck (Q79937)
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Extract Statistics from Articles and Recompute P-Values
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Extract Statistics from Articles and Recompute P-Values |
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26 October 2026
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A "spellchecker" for statistics. It checks whether your p-values match their accompanying test statistic and degrees of freedom. statcheck searches for null-hypothesis significance tests (NHST) in APA style (e.g., t(28) = 2.2, p < .05), using pattern-matching ("regular expressions"). It recalculates the p-value using the reported test statistic and degrees of freedom. If the reported and computed p-values don't match, 'statcheck' will flag the result as an error. If the reported p-value is statistically significant and the computed one is not, or vice versa, the result will be flagged as a decision error. You can use 'statcheck' directly on a string of text, but you can also scan a PDF or HTML file, or even a folder of PDF and/or HTML files. PDF files are converted to text using the R package 'pdftools', so no additional software installation is necessary. You can find more information on what 'statcheck' can and cannot do and a point-and-click web interface to scan PDF or HTML or DOCX articles on <https://statcheck.io>.
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