Bayesian inference for psychology, part III: Parameter estimation in nonstandard models

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 77-101

  Matzke, Dora ^a   Boehm, Udo ^b   Vandekerckhove, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Bayesian inference; JAGS; Stan; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85033559806     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-017-1394-5     Document Type: Article

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