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Download full textPowers, James E. – 1973
Recently the application of Bayesian statistical procedures within the field of guidance and counseling has been receiving attention. This paper justifies and illustrates a simple, direct application of Bayes' Formula to expectancy tables. To make the application a counselor must specify prior probabilities that a student will attain success…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, College Bound Students, Expectancy Tables, Guidance
Peer reviewedWeiss, Robert – Evaluation Review, 1994
Coping style and effects of counseling intervention on pain tolerance was studied for 61 elementary school students through immersion of hands in cold water. Bayesian predictive inference tools are able to distinguish between subject characteristics and manipulable treatments. Sensitivity analysis strengthens the certainty of conclusions about…
Descriptors: Attention, Bayesian Statistics, Children, Coping
