Understanding computational Bayesian statistics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolstad, William M., 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2010]
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Wiley series in computational statistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • 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 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
  • A: Using the Included Minitab Macros
  • B: Using the Included R Functions
  • References
  • Topic Index
  • Wiley Series in Computational Statistics
  • 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.