Default Bayes Factors for Model Selection in Regression

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 877-903

  Rouder, Jeffrey N ^a   Morey, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84872533686     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2012.734737     Document Type: Article

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