Bayesian Statistics for Beginners: A Step-By-Step Approach

by Therese M Donovan and Ruth M Mickey

Bayesian statistics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. At its heart is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available. It is an approach that is ideally suited to making initial assessments based on incomplete or imperfect information; as that information is gathered and disseminated, the Bayesian approach corrects or replaces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198841299
• ISBN13: 9780198841296
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.8" x 7.5"