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How to practise Bayesian statistics outside the Bayesian church: What philosophy for Bayesian statistical modelling?

  1. Denny Borsboom1,
  2. Brian D. Haig2

Article first published online: 10 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02062.x

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British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volume 66, Issue 1, pages 39–44, February 2013

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Borsboom, D. and Haig, B. D. (2013), How to practise Bayesian statistics outside the Bayesian church: What philosophy for Bayesian statistical modelling?. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 66: 39–44. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02062.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

*Correspondence should be addressed to Denny Borsboom, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: dennyborsboom@gmail.com).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 10 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 19 JAN 2012

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