Introduction to Bayesian statistics / William M. Bolstad.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2007Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 437 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780470141151
- 0470141158
- QA279.5 .B65 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | QA279.5 .B65 2007 | 1 | Available | 50583020000125 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-432) and index.
Introduction to statistical science -- Scientific data gathering -- Displaying and summarizing data -- Logic, probability, and uncertainty -- Discrete random variables -- Bayesian inference for discrete random variables -- Continuous random variables -- Bayesian inference for binomial proportion -- Comparing Bayesian and frequentist inferences for proportion -- Bayesian inference for poisson -- Bayesian inference for normal mean -- Comparing Bayesian and frequentist inferences for mean -- Bayesian inference for difference between means -- Bayesian inference for single linear regression -- Bayesian inference for standard deviation -- Robust Bayesian methods.
Covers the topics typically found in an introductory statistics book-but from a Bayesian perspective-giving readers an advantage as they enter fields where statistics is used.