Posterior-Hacking: Selective Reporting Invalidates Bayesian Results Also
10 Pages Posted: 3 Jan 2014
Date Written: January 2, 2014
Abstract
Many believe that Bayesian statistics are robust to p-hacking. Many are wrong. In this paper I show with simulations and actual data that the two Bayesian approaches that have been proposed within Psychology, Bayesian inference and Bayes factors, are as invalidated by selective reporting as p-values are. Going Bayesian may offer some benefits, providing a solution to selective reporting is not one of them. Required disclosure is the only solution.
Keywords: p-hacking, publication bias, selective reporting, Bayesian, chronological rejuvenation
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Simonsohn, Uri, Posterior-Hacking: Selective Reporting Invalidates Bayesian Results Also (January 2, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2374040 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2374040
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