Advantages Masquerading as ‘Issues’ in Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: A Commentary on Tendeiro and Kiers (2019)

Tendeiro and Kiers (2019) provide a detailed and scholarly critique of Null Hypothesis Bayesian Testing (NHBT) and its central component –the Bayes factor– that allows researchers to update knowledge and quantify statistical evidence. Tendeiro and Kiers conclude that NHBT constitutes an improvement over frequentist p-values, but primarily elaborate on a list of eleven ‘issues’ of NHBT. In this commentary, we provide context to each issue and conclude that many issues may in fact be conceived as pronounced advantages of NHBT.