Bayesilaisen tilastoanalyysin käyttömahdollisuudet ammattikasvatuksen tutkimuksessa

Authors

• Petri Nokelainen

Keywords:

quantitative methods, bayesian modeling, survey research, statistical significance, null hypothesis testing

Abstract

This article discusses some basic assumptions of quantitative statistical analysis and how they may become problematic to educational researchers. A Bayesian way of doing statistical analysis is presented and compared to traditional frequentistic methods. Null hypothesis significance testing is discussed from both frequentistic and Bayesian viewpoints. Finally, I present two Bayesian statistical computer applications.