Bayesian Benefits for the Pragmatic Researcher

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 169-176

  Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a   Morey, Richard D ^b   Lee, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; hypothesis testing; parameter estimation; prediction; updating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973458190     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721416643289     Document Type: Article

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