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In praise of Ecumenical Bayes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2011

Michael D. Lee
Michael D. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100. [email protected]/~mdlee
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Abstract

Jones & Love (J&L) should have given more attention to Agnostic uses of Bayesian methods for the statistical analysis of models and data. Reliance on the frequentist analysis of Bayesian models has retarded their development and prevented their full evaluation. The Ecumenical integration of Bayesian statistics to analyze Bayesian models offers a better way to test their inferential and predictive capabilities.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 206 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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