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BEST (version 0.5.4)

Bayesian Estimation Supersedes the t-Test

Description

An alternative to t-tests, producing posterior estimates for group means and standard deviations and their differences and effect sizes. It implements the method of Kruschke (2013) Bayesian estimation supersedes the t test. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(2):573-603 .

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install.packages('BEST')

Monthly Downloads

220

Version

0.5.4

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Mike Meredith

Last Published

October 13th, 2021

Functions in BEST (0.5.4)

BESTmcmc

Generate MCMC samples for posterior distributions
plot.BEST

A plot method for objects of class 'BEST'
plotAreaInROPE

Area of the posterior density in the ROPE as a function of its width.
plotAll

A series of plots displaying the results of 'BEST' analysis.
pairs.BEST

Scatterplot matrix for a BEST object
makeData

Population parameter specification for a power analysis
BESTpower

Estimating statistical power
plotPost

Graphic display of a posterior probability distribution
plotPostPred

Plots for Posterior Predictive checks.
BEST-package

Bayesian Estimation Supersedes the t Test
postPriorOverlap

Overlap between posterior and prior probability distributions.
summary.BEST

Extract summary statistics from an object of class BEST.
print.BEST

Printing a BEST object