THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE RESEARCHER: FROM SPREADSHEETS TO LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
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https://doi.org/10.30890/2709-1783.2025-42-00-007Keywords:
researcher role, data analysis paradigms, spreadsheets, statistical computing, large language models, AI agents, bias.Abstract
The rapid evolution of data analysis tools has led to a fundamental transformation of the researcher's role in scientific inquiry. This article examines how the shift from spreadsheet-based analysis to statistical computing and, more recently, to artificiReferences
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