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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 4| Main Title | Understanding computational Bayesian statistics / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Bolstad, William M., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Wiley, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 401167198 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780470046098 (cloth); 0470046090 (cloth) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Bayesian statistical decision theory--Data processing | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 315 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction to Bayesian statistics -- Monte Carlo sampling from the posterior -- Bayesian inference -- Bayesian statistics using conjugate priors -- Markov chains -- Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling from the posterior -- Statistical inference from a Markov chain Monte Carlo sample -- Logistic regression -- Poisson regression and proportional hazards model -- Gibbs sampling and hierarchical models -- Going forward with Markov chain Monte Carlo -- Appendix A: Using the included Minitab macros -- Appendix B: Using the included R functions. |