This book uniquely covers the topics usually found in a typical introductory statistics book but from a Bayesian perspective.
"...this edition is useful and effective in teaching Bayesian inference at both elementary and intermediate levels.
Monte Carlo Exercises 2.1. Monte Carlo study comparing methods for random sampling. We will use a Monte Carlo computer simulation to evaluate the methods of random sampling. Now, if we want to evaluate a method, we need to know how it ...
"...this edition is useful and effective in teaching Bayesian inference at both elementary and intermediate levels.
This Second Edition provides: Extended coverage of Poisson and Gamma distributions Two new chapters on Bayesian inference for Poisson observations and Bayesian inference for the standard deviation for normal observations A twenty-five ...
Praise for the First Edition "I cannot think of a better book for teachers of introductory statistics who want a readable and pedagogically sound text to introduce Bayesian statistics." —Statistics...