INFERENCE Subcommand (BAYES INDEPENDENT command)

INFERENCE specifies the variables for the analysis.

VARIABLES = varlist. Specify the variables to use for the procedure. The parameter is required. Each variable in the list is analyzed.

GROUP = varname. Specify a group variable to define two groups for the unpaired t-test. This is a required parameter. A single variable name is allowed.

SELECT. Specify the condition to defined two groups. This is a required parameter. You can defined the groups by specifying two numerical values or two strings. Note that the values or strings must be those in the variable. Otherwise, an error message is generated to indicate that at least one of the groups is empty. When varname is continuous, you can specify either a midpoint or a cut point value to separate the group into < cut point value and ≥ cut point value, or < midpoint value and ≥ midpoint value.

ANALYSIS. Specify the Bayesian analysis method that is used to make statistical inference. Only one value is allowed. Posterior distribution characterization is the default setting (ANALYSIS = POSTERIOR). When ANALYSIS = BAYESFACTOR, only the Bayes-factor estimation procedure is invoked. When ANALYSIS = BOTH, both of the procedures are used.

DATAVAR = value1 value2. Specify the two group variances (if known). This is an optional parameter. Both specified values must be > 0.