Bayesian methods
Bayes Factor Test
The Bayes factor test, formalised by Harold Jeffreys in 1961, is a Bayesian method for comparing two competing hypotheses. Rather than returning a binary reject/retain verdict, it produces a continuous ratio BF₁₀ that quantifies how much more (or less) probable the data are under the alternative hypothesis H₁ than under the null hypothesis H₀.
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Sources
- Jeffreys, H. (1961). Theory of Probability (3rd ed.). Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198503682
- Kass, R. E. & Raftery, A. E. (1995). Bayes Factors. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 90(430), 773–795. DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476572 ↗