... beliefs to ‘Scientists’, ‘Experts’ or ‘Researchers’ the degree of scientific consensus must be inferred by the reader or listener (do all scientists believe x , most scientists, or just a few?). Our data revealed that decontextualized generic phrases such as “Scientists say…” imply consensus among...

...Jeffrey N. Rouder; Richard D. Morey; Eric-Jan Wagenmakers Bayesian inference has been advocated as an alternative to conventional analysis in psychological science. Bayesians stress that subjectivity is needed for principled inference, and subjectivity by-and-large has not been seen as desirable...