Bayesian belief updating after a replication experiment

Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan:41:e134. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18000699.

Abstract

Zwaan et al. and others discuss the importance of the inevitable differences between a replication experiment and the corresponding original experiment. But these discussions are not informed by a principled, quantitative framework for taking differences into account. Bayesian confirmation theory provides such a framework. It will not entirely solve the problem, but it will lead to new insights.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Problem Solving*