Data, model, conclusion, doing it again

Psychometrika

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-340

  Molenaar, Ivo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive Bayesian modeling; Model choice; One parameter logistic model; Posterior model weight; Robustness under model choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032286452     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294858     Document Type: Article

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