Hypothesis testClassical statistics

Bayesian Independent Samples t-test

The Bayesian independent samples t-test quantifies evidence for or against a mean difference between two independent groups using a Bayes factor rather than a p-value. Rooted in Jeffreys's probability framework and popularized by Rouder et al. (2009), it places a Cauchy prior on the standardized effect size and returns continuous evidence for both the null and alternative hypotheses.

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Sources

  1. Rouder, J. N., Speckman, P. L., Sun, D., Morey, R. D., & Iverson, G. (2009). Bayesian t tests for accepting and rejecting the null hypothesis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(2), 225–237. DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.225
  2. Jeffreys, H. (1961). Theory of Probability (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198503682

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