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Bayesian estimation and modeling: Editorial to the second special issue on Bayesian data analysis.

ABSTRACT: This editorial accompanies the second special issue on Bayesian data analysis published in this journal. The emphases of this issue are on Bayesian estimation and modeling. In this editorial, we outline the basics of current Bayesian estimation techniques and some notable developments in the statistical literature, as well as adaptations and extensions by psychological researchers to better tailor to the modeling applications in psychology. We end with a discussion on future outlooks of Bayesian data analysis in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record

SUBMITTER: Chow SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745056 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bayesian estimation and modeling: Editorial to the second special issue on Bayesian data analysis.

Chow Sy-Miin SM Hoijtink Herbert H

Psychological methods 20171201 4

This editorial accompanies the second special issue on Bayesian data analysis published in this journal. The emphases of this issue are on Bayesian estimation and modeling. In this editorial, we outline the basics of current Bayesian estimation techniques and some notable developments in the statistical literature, as well as adaptations and extensions by psychological researchers to better tailor to the modeling applications in psychology. We end with a discussion on future outlooks of Bayesian ...[more]

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