A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Analysis: Applications to Developmental Research

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 842-860

  Van de Schoot, Rens ^a,b   Kaplan, David ^c   Denissen, Jaap ^d   Asendorpf, Jens B ^e   Neyer, Franz J ^f   van Aken, Marcel A G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84899945186     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12169     Document Type: Article

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