Talk:Paleontological Statistics

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@Onel5969: Here are a number of references and citations using and mentioning PAST. There are probably more, but Wikipedia is not an bibliographical exercise.


 * Bruner, E., & Ogihara, N. (2018). Surfin’ endocasts: The good and the bad on brain form. Palaeontologia Electronica, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.26879/805 Brusatte, S. L. (2011). Calculating the Tempo of Morphological Evolution: Rates of Discrete Character Change in a Phylogenetic Context. In A. M. T. Elewa (Ed.), Computational Paleontology (pp. 53–74). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16271-8_4 Citation : "A recommended program is PAST, a statistical package designed specifically for paleontologists" (p. 68)
 * Butler, D., Esker, D., Juntunen, K., & Lawver, D. (2020). An analysis of fossil identification guides to improve data reporting in citizen science programs. Palaeontologia Electronica. https://doi.org/10.26879/901
 * Cascales-Miñana, B., & Diez, J. (2012). The effect of singletons and interval length on interpreting diversity trends from the palaeobotanical. Palaeontologia Electronica. https://doi.org/10.26879/266
 * Elewa, A. M. T. (2011). Computational Paleontology. In A. M. T. Elewa (Ed.), Computational Paleontology (pp. 1–5). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16271-8_1
 * Knauss, Mj., & Yacobucci, Mm. (2014). Geographic Information Systems technology as a morphometric tool for quantifying morphological variation in an ammonoid clade. Palaeontologia Electronica. https://doi.org/10.26879/418
 * Petrakis, P. V. (2011). The Problem of Instar Numbers in Arthropods. In A. M. T. Elewa (Ed.), Computational Paleontology (pp. 179–219). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16271-8_10 Citation "... incorporates a vast majority of analytical methods suitable for paleontological and current ecological work" (p. 179)

I am in no way connected to the developers or maintainers of PAST, but it is my impression that PAST is, besides omnipresent R, one of the few standalone packages effectively still in use in paleontolgy, archaeology and related fields of study. As you seem to be much more into the English wikipedia than I am, would you please consider this and direct me or other users on HOW to improve the article or improve it yourself or rather suggest it for deletion. Thank you. --Dirkjot (talk) 16:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)