An evaluation of alternative methods for testing hypotheses, from the perspective of Harold Jeffreys

DOI10.1016/J.JMP.2016.01.003zbMath1357.62118OpenAlexW2278628989MaRDI QIDQ296926

Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Alexander Ly, Josine Verhagen

Publication date: 24 June 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2016.01.003

zbMATH Keywords

model selectionBayes factorsinductionreplicationstatistical evidence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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