What are the odds? A practical guide to computing and reporting bayes factors

Journal of Problem Solving

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-9

  Jarosz, Andrew F ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908621044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7771/1932-6246.1167     Document Type: Article

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