Statistical Inference: An Integrated Bayesian/Likelihood Approach

by Murray Aitkin

Book Overview

Filling a gap in current Bayesian theory, this book presents a unified Bayesian treatment of parameter inference and model comparisons that can be used with simple diffuse prior specifications. This novel approach provides new solutions to difficult model comparison problems and offers direct Bayesian counterparts of frequentist t-tests and other standard statistical methods for hypothesis testing. The book discusses nonparametric Bayesian survey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420093436
• ISBN13: 9781420093438
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"