Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis An Introduction for Scientists and Statisticians |
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| Author:
| Christensen, Ronald
Branscum, Adam
Johnson, Wesley
Hanson, Timothy E. |
| Series title: | Chapman and Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4398-0354-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.95 |
Book Description:
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Introducing Bayesian methods to engineers, this book emphasizes that the primary role of statistics is to provide appropriate tools for addressing scientific questions. As such, the authors present a collaborative approach to data analysis involving both scientists and statisticians that can be used to model unknown parameters using scientific information, called prior information or apriori. Keeping the mathematics to a minimum, the text focuses on applications, statistical ideas,...
More DescriptionIntroducing Bayesian methods to engineers, this book emphasizes that the primary role of statistics is to provide appropriate tools for addressing scientific questions. As such, the authors present a collaborative approach to data analysis involving both scientists and statisticians that can be used to model unknown parameters using scientific information, called prior information or apriori. Keeping the mathematics to a minimum, the text focuses on applications, statistical ideas, models, and interpretations. It features WinBUGS throughout the computational problems and uses Monte Carlo methods for all simulations.