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Why Psychologists Should Stop Treating Percentages Like Normal Data

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A new tutorial in Behavior Research Methods shows psychologists how Bayesian beta regression can fix the widespread misuse of normal-based models on bounded proportion data.

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Why Psychologists Should Stop Treating Percentages Like Normal Data

A new tutorial in Behavior Research Methods shows psychologists how Bayesian beta regression can fix the widespread misuse of normal-based models on bounded proportion data.

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