Quantifying the uptake of user-written commands over time
Babak Choodari-Oskooei
Hub for Trials Methodology Research
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
University College London
London, UK
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Tim P. Morris
Hub for Trials Methodology Research
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
University College London
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Department of Medical Statistics
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London, UK
[email protected]
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Abstract. A major factor in the uptake of new statistical methods is the availability of
user-friendly software implementations. One attractive feature of Stata is
that users can write their own commands and release them to other users via
Statistical Software Components at Boston College. Authors of statistical
programs do not always get adequate credit, because programs are rarely cited
properly. There is no obvious measure of a program's impact, but researchers
are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the impact of their work to
funders. In addition to encouraging proper citation of software, the number
of downloads of a user-written package can be regarded as a measure of impact
over time. In this article, we explain how such information can be accessed
for any month from July 2007 and summarized using the new ssccount
command.
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