WebSPSS — Validation Report

✓ ALL 56 CHECKS PASS 25/25 NIST certified · 15/15 published cross-checks · 16/16 advanced procedures · minimum 8.5 significant digits of agreement.

Methodology

WebSPSS's own statistics engine is run on reference datasets and its output compared to independently certified answer values. Significant digits of agreement = −log₁₀(relative error), capped at 15 (double-precision limit). Pass threshold = 6 significant digits, well beyond the 3–4 decimals reported in practice.

1. NIST StRD certified datasets

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes the Statistical Reference Datasets (StRD) with certified values (15 digits) for testing statistical-software accuracy. The datasets are bundled verbatim with this project.

Procedure	Dataset	Statistic	Certified	WebSPSS	Sig. digits	Result
Univariate	NumAcc1	Mean	10000002	10000002.00000	15.0	✅
Univariate	NumAcc1	Std. Deviation	1	1.000000000000	15.0	✅
Univariate	Lew	Mean	-177.435	-177.4350000000	15.0	✅
Univariate	Lew	Std. Deviation	277.332168044316	277.3321680443	15.0	✅
Regression	Norris	B0 (intercept)	-0.262323073774029	-0.2623230737740	13.3	✅
Regression	Norris	SE(B0)	0.232818234301152	0.2328182343012	13.8	✅
Regression	Norris	B1 (slope)	1.00211681802045	1.002116818020	14.4	✅
Regression	Norris	SE(B1)	0.000429796848199937	0.0004297968481999	13.8	✅
Regression	Norris	Residual Std. Dev.	0.884796396144373	0.8847963961444	13.8	✅
Regression	Norris	R-Squared	0.999993745883712	0.9999937458837	15.0	✅
Regression	Norris	Regression SS	4255954.13232369	4255954.132324	15.0	✅
Regression	Norris	Residual SS	26.6173985294224	26.61739852942	13.5	✅
Regression	Norris	F statistic	5436385.54079785	5436385.540798	13.5	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	Between-Group SS	0.0511462616	0.05114626159998	12.5	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	Within-Group SS	0.21663656	0.2166365600000	13.1	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	Between MS	0.0127865654	0.01278656540000	12.5	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	Within MS	0.010831828	0.01083182800000	13.1	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	F statistic	1.18046237440255	1.180462374402	12.4	✅
ANOVA	SiRstv	R-Squared	0.190999039051129	0.1909990390511	12.5	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	Between-Group SS	3.638341875e-9	3.638341886916e-9	8.5	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	Within-Group SS	1.04951729166667e-8	1.049517291680e-8	10.9	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	Between MS	3.638341875e-9	3.638341886916e-9	8.5	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	Within MS	2.28155932971014e-10	2.281559329739e-10	10.9	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	F statistic	15.946733567793	15.94673361982	8.5	✅
ANOVA	AtmWtAg	R-Squared	0.257426544538321	0.2574265451620	8.6	✅

2. Cross-checks vs published / textbook values

NIST StRD does not cover t-tests, correlation, chi-square or reliability, so these are verified against analytic / published reference values.

Procedure	Source	Expected	WebSPSS	Result
Normal CDF Φ(1.96)	z-table	0.9750021	0.97500217	✅
t critical t.975,10	t-table	2.2281389	2.2281389	✅
χ² tail P(χ²>3.841 \| df=1)	χ²-table	0.05	0.050013684	✅
F tail P(F>4.4139 \| 1,18)	F-table	0.05	0.049999380	✅
Independent t — t	textbook	-5	-5.0000000	✅
Independent t — p (2-tailed)	central t, df=8	0.0010528	0.0010528258	✅
Welch t — t	textbook	-5	-5.0000000	✅
ANOVA — F	textbook	13	13.000000	✅
ANOVA — p	central F, (2,6)	0.0065918	0.0065917969	✅
Pearson r — perfect	analytic	1	1.0000000	✅
Pearson r	analytic	0.7745967	0.77459667	✅
Chi-square 2×2 — Pearson	analytic	0.79365079	0.79365079	✅
Chi-square 2×2 — Yates	analytic	0.44642857	0.44642857	✅
Fisher exact 2×2 — 2-sided (tea-tasting)	analytic (Fisher 1935)	0.48571429	0.48571429	✅
Cronbach's α	analytic	0.875	0.87500000	✅

3. Advanced procedures

Non-parametric tests, post-hoc, effect sizes, normality, partial correlation, regression diagnostics, binary logistic regression, factorial & repeated-measures ANOVA, factor analysis/PCA, and the Compute expression parser — each verified against a known or analytically-derived answer.

Procedure	Source	Expected	WebSPSS	Result
Mann–Whitney U — Z	textbook	-2.309400	-2.309401	✅
Wilcoxon signed-rank — Z	analytic	2.022600	2.022600	✅
Kruskal–Wallis — H	textbook	7.200000	7.200000	✅
Friedman — χ²	analytic	6.000000	6.000000	✅
Welch ANOVA — F	hand-calc	11.14290	11.14286	✅
Tukey studentized range — P(q≤3.877\|3,10)	q-table	0.9500000	0.9500129	✅
Cohen's d (independent)	analytic	-3.162300	-3.162278	✅
Shapiro–Wilk — W(normal scores)≈1	property	1.000000	0.9965868	✅
Partial correlation — vs closed form	analytic	0.9881488	0.9881488	✅
VIF — vs 1/(1−r²)	analytic	6.192308	6.192308	✅
Durbin–Watson — alternating residuals	analytic	3.333300	3.333333	✅
Logistic regression — β₁ = ln(OR)	analytic	-2.233592	-2.233592	✅
Two-way ANOVA — SS_A (balanced 2×2)	hand-calc	32.00000	32.00000	✅
Repeated-measures ANOVA — F	hand-calc	3.600000	3.600000	✅
PCA — eigenvalue of [[1,.5],[.5,1]]	analytic	1.500000	1.500000	✅
Compute expression — (a+b)/2	parser	3.000000	3.000000	✅

WebSPSS — Numerical Validation Report

Methodology

1. NIST StRD certified datasets

2. Cross-checks vs published / textbook values

3. Advanced procedures

Algorithms & references

Known limitations

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