Potential Pitfalls in Bayesian Analysis for Child Abuse: Tending to Each Tree With a Forest of Data

Daniel M Lindberg¹, Christopher Greeley², Cindy W Christian^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Kempe Center for the Prevention & Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.
² Division of Public Health Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Comment

Daniel M Lindberg et al. JAMA. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 8;334(2):124-125.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4722.

Daniel M Lindberg¹, Christopher Greeley², Cindy W Christian^{3

4}

¹ Kempe Center for the Prevention & Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.
² Division of Public Health Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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