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Table 3 A comparison of NHST and Bayesian inference

From: Bayesian alternatives for common null-hypothesis significance tests in psychiatry: a non-technical guide using JASP

Test

NHST

Bayes

Correlation

No significant relationship (p = 0.75)

Null model 4.55 times more favored than the alternative model

Chi-squared test

No significant difference (p = 0.21)

Null model 1.16 times more favored than the alternative model

T-test

No significant difference (p = 0.26)

Null model 1.93 times more favored than the alternative model

ANCOVA

Significance difference (p = 0.03)

Covariate model 1.73 times more favored than oxytocin model

ANOVA - time effect

No main effect (p = 0.65)

Null model 5.34 times more favored than time model

ANOVA - condition effect

No main effect (p = 0.27)

Null model 1.54 times more favored than oxytocin model

ANOVA - time*condition

No interaction effect (p = 0.78)

Main effects model 4.17 times more favored than interaction model