Editors' introduction to the special issue "Bayes factors for testing hypotheses in psychological research: Practical relevance and new developments"

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-5

  Mulder, Joris ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; P values; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958212274     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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