Elementary Bayesian Statistics - Hardcover

Antelman, Gordon; Madansky, Albert; McCulloch, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858985048 ISBN 13: 9781858985046

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Elementary Bayesian Statistics is a thorough and easily accessible introduction to the theory and practical application of Bayesian statistics. It presents methods to assist in the collection, summary and presentation of numerical data.

Bayesian statistics are becoming an increasingly important and more frequently used method for analysing statistical data. The author defines concepts and methods with a variety of examples and uses a stage-by-stage approach to coach the reader through the applied examples. Also included are a wide range of problems to challenge the reader and the book makes extensive use of Minitab to apply computational techniques to statistical problems. Issues covered include probability, Bayes's Theorem and categorical states, frequency, the Bernoulli process and Poisson process, estimation, testing hypotheses and the normal process with known parameters and uncertain parameters.

Elementary Bayesian Statistics will be an essential resource for students as a supplementary text in traditional statistics courses. It will also be welcomed by academics, researchers and econometricians wishing to know more about Bayesian statistics.

About this title

About the Author

The late Gordon Antelman, formerly Professor of Statistics, University of Chicago, US. Edited by Albert Madansky, HGB Alexander Professor of Business Administration and Robert McCulloch, Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858985048
• ISBN 13: 9781858985046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480