Informative hypotheses : theory and practice for behavioral and social scientists /: theory and practice for behavioral and social scientists. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Herbert Hoijtink.
• Other Names: Hoijtink, Herbert
• Contents: INTRODUCTION; An Introduction to Informative Hypotheses; Introduction; Analysis of Variance; Analysis of Covariance; Multiple Regression; Epistemology and Overview of the Book; Appendix A: Effect Size Determination for Multiple Regression; ; The Multivariate Normal Linear Model; Introduction; The Multivariate Normal Linear Model; Multivariate One Sided Testing; Multivariate Treatment Evaluation; Multivariate Regression; Repeated Measures Analysis; Other Options; Appendix A: Example Data for Multivariate Regression; ; BAYESIAN EVALUATION OF INFORMATIVE HYPOTHESES; An Introduction to Bayesian Evaluation of Informative Hypotheses; Introduction; Density of the Data, Prior and Posterior; Bayesian Evaluation of Informative Hypotheses; Specifying the Parameters of Prior Distributions; Discussion; Appendix A: Density of the Data, Prior and Posterior Distribution Appendix B: Derivation of the Bayes Factor and Prior Sensitivity; Appendix C: Using BIEMS for a two group ANOVA ; ; The J Group ANOVA Model; Introduction; Simple Constraints; One Informative Hypothesis; Constraints on Combinations of Means; Ordered Means with Effect Sizes; About Equality Constraints; Discussion; ; Sample Size Determination: AN(C)OVA and Multiple Regression; Introduction; Sample Size Determination; ANOVA: Comparison of an Informative with the Null Hypothesis; ANOVA: Comparison of an Informative Hypothesis with its Complement; ANCOVA; Signed Regression Coecients: Informative versus Null Hypothesis; Signed Regression Coecients: Informative Hypothesis versus Complement; Signed Regression Coecients: Including Effect Sizes; Comparing Regression Coecients; Discussion; Appendix A: Bayes Factors for Parameters on the Boundary of H1 and H1c ; Appendix B: Command Files for GenMVLData ; ; Sample Size Determination: The Multivariate Normal Linear Model; Introduction; Sample Size Determination: Error Probabilities; Multivariate One Sided Testing; Multivariate Treatment Evaluation; Multivariate Regression; Repeated Measures Analysis; Discussion; Appendix A: GenMVLData and BIEMS : Multivariate One Sided Testing; Appendix B: GenMVLData and BIEMS : Multivariate Treatment Evaluation; Appendix C: GenMVLData and BIEMS : Multivariate Regression; Appendix D: GenMVLData and BIEMS : Repeated Measures Analysis; ; OTHER MODELS, OTHER APPROACHES AND SOFTWARE; Beyond the Multivariate Normal Linear Model; Introduction; Contingency Tables; Multilevel Models; Latent Class Analysis; A General Frame Work; Appendices: Sampling Using Winbugs ; ; Other Approaches; Introduction; Resume: Bayesian Evaluation of Informative Hypotheses; Null Hypothesis Signi cance Testing; The Order Restricted Information Criterion; Discussion; Appendix A: Data and Command File for Confirmatory ANOVA; ; Software; Introduction; Software Packages New Developments; ; STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS; Foundations of Bayesian Evaluation of Informative Hypotheses; Introduction; The Bayes Factor; The Prior Distribution; The Posterior Distribution; Estimation of the Bayes Factor; Discussion; Appendix A: Density of the Data of Various Statistical Models; Appendix B: Unconstrained Prior Distributions Used in Book and Software; Appendix C: Probability Distributions Used in Appendices A and B; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 300.72/7; Psychology -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Hypothesis; Psychology; Social Sciences; Statistics as Topic; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research; Hypothesis; Psychology -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439880524; 1439880522
• Related ISBNs: 9781439880517
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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