Implications of teaching Bayesian statistics to undergraduate psychology students

08 Jul, 2019·
Jorge N. Tendeiro
Jorge N. Tendeiro
,
Henk A. L. Kiers
,
Rink Hoekstra
,
Don van Ravenzwaaij
Abstract
The current crisis in psychology is claimed to be partly caused by the way we do statistics. This is one of the reasons why it has been suggested to replace classical frequentist statistical procedures by Bayesian counterparts. However, then we must first teach it to undergraduate students. But how? Do we stress parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, or both? Do we teach Bayesian statistics using flexible programs such as JAGS, or ‘keep it simple’ with off-the-shelf methods like JASP? How do we relate it to frequentist statistics? How do we make sure our non-statistical colleagues will keep up with the students? Are they, and is academia actually ready for a Bayesian way of thinking and doing science?
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Rotterdam

Marriot Hotel

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Jorge N. Tendeiro
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Jorge N. Tendeiro is a professor at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, School of Informatics and Data Science, Hiroshima University, Japan. His main research interest is in the Bayesian statistical framework. He is also interested in item response theory in general and person fit analysis in particular.