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Bayesian methods for data analysis / by Bradley P. Carlin and Thomas A. Louis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlin, Bradley P., author.
- Louis, Thomas A., 1944- author.
- Series:
- Texts in statistical science.
- Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bayesian statistical decision theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (538 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : Chapman and Hall/CRC, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Broadening its scope to nonstatisticians, Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis, Third Edition provides an accessible introduction to the foundations and applications of Bayesian analysis. Along with a complete reorganization of the material, this edition concentrates more on hierarchical Bayesian modeling as implemented via Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods and related data analytic techniques.
- Contents:
- Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; CHAPTER 1. Approaches for statistical inference; CHAPTER 2. The Bayes approach; CHAPTER 3. Bayesian computation; CHAPTER 4. Model criticism and selection; CHAPTER 5. The empirical Bayes approach; CHAPTER 6. Bayesian design; CHAPTER 7. Special methods and models; CHAPTER 8. Case studies; APPENDIX A. Distributional catalog; APPENDIX B. Decision theory; APPENDIX C. Answers to selected exercises; References; Back cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781040078242
- 1040078249
- 9780429191879
- 0429191871
- 9781584886983
- 1584886986
- OCLC:
- 946260874
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