Applied Bayesian statistics /

Bayesian statistical analyses have become increasingly common over the last two decades. The rapid increase in computing power that facilitated their implementation coincided with major changes in the research interests of, and data availability for, social scientists. Specifically, the last two dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lynch, Scott M. (Scott Michael), 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, [2023].
Series:Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 191.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Probability Distributions and Review of Classical Analysis
  • 3. The Bayesian Approach to Probability and Statistics
  • 4. Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Sampling Methods
  • 5. Implementing the Bayesian Approach in Realistic Applications
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendix.