Why Mathematica violates basic rules of math conduct

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...be prepared to explain how to do the work without the proprietary software in question. I wouldn't accept a theorem as proved just because Mathematica says it is, but proper mathematical software (and I've never used Mathematica) should be able to output all of the required math for human inspection and/or independent implementation.

I've used SAS for many years and have no apologies for doing so (even though the SAS Institute does have something of a greed problem). The programming interface is relatively easy to understand, SAS code is easily translated into the language of one's choice, and datasets can be readily converted to CSV.

Reproducibility is the hallmark of good science. As long as other researchers have the data required to reproduce the results with whatever software seems good to them (or none at all), I don't see any problem with using proprietary software as a research aid.

Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 11/19/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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