Forecasting religious change: A Bayesian model predicting proportional Christian change in New Zealand

Religion, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-23

  Hoverd, William James ^a   Bulbulia, Joseph ^b   Partow, Negar ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian models; Christianity; Forecasting; New Zealand; Religious change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892146631     PISSN: 2153599X     EISSN: 21535981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2013.824497     Document Type: Article

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