Speaking on Data’s Behalf: What Researchers Say and How Audiences Choose

Bayesian statistics have become popular in the social sciences, in part because they are thought to present more useful information than traditional frequentist statistics. Unfortunately, little is known about whether or how interpretations of frequentist and Bayesian results differ.We test whether presenting Bayesian or frequentist results based on the same underlying data influences the decisions people made.Participants were randomly assigned...