A Tutorial on Using The Wambs Checklist to Avoid The Misuse of Bayesian Statistics

R. van de Schoot; D. Veen; L. Smeets; S.D. Winter; Sarah Depaoli

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A Tutorial on Using The Wambs Checklist to Avoid The Misuse of Bayesian Statistics

R. van de Schoot, D. Veen, L. Smeets, S.D. Winter, Sarah Depaoli

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Chapter 3 guides readers through the steps of the When-to-Worry-and-How-to-Avoid-the-Misuse-of-Bayesian-Statistics checklist (the WAMBS checklist) in order to provide background for other chapters in this book. This chapter supplements the original WAMBS checklist with prior and posterior predictive model checking. We also compare the performance of two popular Bayesian R packages, RStan and rjags. We show why using the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo procedure, available in RStan, is more efficient in small sample sizes. All data and the annotated R code to reproduce the results are available on the Open Science Framework.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Small sample size solutions
Subtitle of host publication	A Guide for Applied Researchers and Practitioners
Editors	Rens van de Schoot, Milica Miočevic
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	3
Pages	30-49
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429273872
ISBN (Print)	9780367222222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429273872-4
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2020

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A Tutorial on Using The Wambs Checklist to Avoid The Misuse of Bayesian Statistics. / van de Schoot, R.; Veen, D.; Smeets, L. et al.
Small sample size solutions: A Guide for Applied Researchers and Practitioners. ed. / Rens van de Schoot; Milica Miočevic . 1. ed. London: Routledge, 2020. p. 30-49.

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