The Bayesian t-test in python


BEST

This article demonstrates how to perform the bayesian equivalent of a t-test in python. The methodology used was inspired by the Bayesian estimation supersedes the t test (BEST) paper.

Bayesian estimation is a good alternative to the t-test that serves to address the t-test's limitations, mainly its non-intuitive use of the null hypothesis, its use of the normality assumption which is rarely satisfied and the inability to definitevely affirm the null hypothesis.

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