Articles by Angelika Stefan

Gazing into the Abyss of P-Hacking: HARKing vs. Optional Stopping

November 14, 2018 | Angelika Stefan

by Angelika Stefan & Felix Schönbrodt Almost all researchers have experienced the tingling feeling of suspense that arises right before they take a look at long-awaited data: Will they support their favored hypothesis? Will they yield interesting or even groundbreaking results? In a perfect world (especially one without publication bias), ...

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Two meanings of priors, part II: Quantifying uncertainty about model parameters

January 17, 2017 | Angelika Stefan

by Angelika Stefan & Felix Schönbrodt This is the second part of “Two meanings of priors”. The first part explained a first meaning – “priors as subjective probabilities of models”. While the first meaning of priors refers to a global appraisal of existing hypotheses, the second meaning of priors refers to ... [Read more...]

Two meanings of priors, part I: The plausibility of models

January 16, 2017 | Angelika Stefan

by Angelika Stefan & Felix Schönbrodt When reading about Bayesian statistics, you regularly come across terms like “objective priors“, “prior odds”, “prior distribution”, and “normal prior”. However, it may not be intuitively clear that the meaning of “prior” differs in these terms. In fact, there are two meanings of “prior” ... [Read more...]

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Articles by Angelika Stefan

Gazing into the Abyss of P-Hacking: HARKing vs. Optional Stopping

Two meanings of priors, part II: Quantifying uncertainty about model parameters

Two meanings of priors, part I: The plausibility of models

Articles by Angelika Stefan

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