Concerns About the Default Cauchy Are Often Exaggerated: A Demonstration with JASP 0.12

Contrary to most of the published literature, the impact of the Cauchy prior width on the t-test Bayes factor is seen to be surprisingly modest. Removing the most extreme 50% of the prior mass can at best double the Bayes factor against the null hypothesis, the same impact as conducting a one-sided instead of a …