interpret_pd function

Interpret Probability of Direction (pd)

interpret_pd(pd, rules = "default", ...)

Arguments

• pd: Value or vector of probabilities of direction.
• rules: Can be "default", "makowski2019" or a custom set of rules().
• ...: Not directly used.

Rules

• Default (i.e., equivalent to p-values)

  • pd \<= 0.975 - not significant
  • pd \> 0.975 - significant

• Makowski et al. (2019) ("makowski2019")

  • pd \<= 0.95 - uncertain
  • pd \> 0.95 - possibly existing
  • pd \> 0.97 - likely existing
  • pd \> 0.99 - probably existing
  • pd \> 0.999 - certainly existing

Examples

interpret_pd(.98)
interpret_pd(c(.96, .99), rules = "makowski2019")

References

• Makowski, D., Ben-Shachar, M. S., Chen, S. H., and Lüdecke, D. (2019). Indices of effect existence and significance in the Bayesian framework. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 2767.