Artículo
What Is a Bayes Factor?
Fecha de publicación:
12/2021
Editorial:
American Psychological Association
Revista:
Psychological Methods
ISSN:
1082-989X
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
The use of Bayes factors is becoming increasingly common in psychological sciences. Thus, it is important that researchers understand the logic behind the Bayes factor in order to correctly interpret it, and the strengths of weaknesses of the Bayesian approach. As education for psychological scientists focuses on frequentist statistics, resources are needed for researchers and students who want to learn more about this alternative approach. The aim of the current article is to provide such an overview to a psychological researcher. We cover the general logic behind Bayesian statistics, explain how the Bayes factor is calculated, how to set the priors in popular software packages to reflect the prior beliefs of the researcher, and finally provide a set of recommendations and caveats for interpreting Bayes factors.
Palabras clave:
B-HACKING
,
BAYES’ THEOREM
,
JASP
,
P-HACKING
,
PRIOR DISTRIBUTIONS
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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN BIOINGENIERIA Y BIOINFORMATICA
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Schmalz, Xenia; Biurrun Manresa, José Alberto; Zhang, Lei; What Is a Bayes Factor?; American Psychological Association; Psychological Methods; 2021; 12-2021; 1-15
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