BayesiaLab User Guide
Introduction
Since BayesiaLab’s initial release in 2002, this User Guide has grown from a small help file to comprehensive software documentation, now exceeding 1,500 topics. With the BayesiaLab software ecosystem continuing to grow rapidly, this User Guide is very much a living document, with more details being added daily. Plus, the annual cycle of major releases adds countless new features.
Beyond documenting the software functionality, this User Guide also serves as a reference to BayesiaLab-related nomenclature. Many of BayesiaLab’s analysis functions are entirely new and unique in the world of research, so many BayesiaLab-specific terms are neologisms. Here, you can find what we mean by expressions such as “Target Dynamic Profile” or “Likelihood Matching.”
In this User Guide, you will also find many cross-references to examples and case studies presented in seminars, webinars, and our e-book, now available as a free online edition within this Knowledge Hub.
User Guide Structure
This User Guide’s tree structure mirrors the BayesiaLab software’s structure. For instance, if you want to learn about the details of the function located in BayesiaLab’s menu structure at Menus > Analysis > Visual > Overall > Arc > Mutual Information, the corresponding documentation resides in this User Guide at:
If the same function is accessible via multiple paths, e.g., from the Menus, from the Graph Panel Contextual Menu, and the Node Contextual Menu, the main documentation of this function will be attached to the highest level in the hierarchy in this case, the Menus. All other mentions of the function will refer back to this main entry.