Prior sensitivity in theory testing: an apologia for the Bayes factor

DOI10.1016/j.jmp.2010.07.003zbMath1203.91265OpenAlexW2108301111MaRDI QIDQ618178

Wolf Vanpaemel

Publication date: 14 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/288703

zbMATH Keywords

posteriorsensitivity analysismodel buildingpriorBayesian methodsmodel evaluationforgetting functionGreek letter syndromeinformative prior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12) Measurement and performance in psychology (91E45) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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