Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic
Description
Jena Spring School on Educational Measurement. Workshop conducted at the department of Research Methods in Education at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. During this workshop you will be gently introduced into Bayesian statistics and you will learn when to use which program. We will mostly using the software Mplus, but we Although it is very attractive to use Bayesian statistics, naively applying Bayesian methods can be dangerous for three main reasons: the potential influence of priors, misinterpretation of Bayesian features and results, and improper reporting of Bayesian results. To deal with these three points of potential danger, we will spend a lot of time discussing these issues. You will learn how to use the WAMBS-checklist (When to worry and how to Avoid the Misuse of Bayesian Statistics). The purpose of the questionnaire is to describe 10 main points that should be thoroughly checked when applying Bayesian analysis.will also 'play around' with other software (BIEMS, JASP, MyFirstBayes, RJAGS, MplusAutomation).