Bayesian biostatistics /

The growth of biostatistics has been phenomenal in recent years and has been marked by considerable technical innovation in both methodology and computational practicality. One area that has experienced significant growth is Bayesian methods. The growing use of Bayesian methodology has taken place p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lesaffre, Emmanuel
Other Authors:	Lawson, Andrew (Andrew B.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Series:	Statistics in practice. Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:	Bayesian statistical decision theory. Biometry > Methodology. Bayes Theorem. Biostatistics > methods. NATURE > Reference. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Basic concepts in Bayesian methods
Bayes theorem
Posterior summary measures
More than one parameter
The prior distribution
Markov chain Monte Carlo
Software
Hierarchical models
Model building and assessment
Variable selection
Bioassay
Measurement error
Survival analysis
Longitudinal analysis
Disease mapping & image analysis
Final chapter
Distributions.