----- Forwarded message from dennis roberts -----
would one reference microsoft word in the paper? i am not sure one has to
reference the stat package ... or, if you were doing it using a spreadsheet
like excel ... would you reference that?
if you do want to say anything ... just say that Minitab was used to do the
statistical analysis ..
----- End of forwarded message from dennis roberts -----
The original posting contained a reference to the manual. I think
this would be appropriate if there is info you want to cite in the
manual. If you simply used the software to do some standard
procedures I am not sure there is a need for a reference citation,
though you might mention what you used, especially if you reproduce
fancy graphs. An exception would be if you did something non-standard
or controversial. For example, if there is a lot of variety in the
answers returned by different software packages, or the procedure is
not implemented in most packages. Then you might cite the package,
version, and platform, but probably not the manual unless it includes
a discussion of the controversy. BTW, I would consider using Excel
for statistics to be one of the controversial, experimental procedures
that would require a citation!-)
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