Which of the following is an advantage of the Bayesian approach as compared to the traditional null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) approach?

a. The interpretation of the posterior distribution is more intuitive than the interpretation of p-values.
b. A Bayesian approach allows for the explicit inclusion of prior knowledge and expertise in the specification of the prior distribution.
c. The Bayesian approach can robustly handle skewed or otherwise non-normal distributions that may cause problems for classical statistical tests.
d. The credible intervals in a Bayesian analysis are more likely to produce theoretically significant findings than the confidence intervals from NHST.


Answer: d. The credible intervals in a Bayesian analysis are more likely to produce theoretically significant findings than the confidence intervals from NHST.

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