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Doing Bayesian data analysis : a tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan / John K. Kruschke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Academic Press, ©2015.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 759 p. : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780124058880 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 000SA.161 23 K94
Contents:
1. What's in this book (Read this first!) -- Part I The basics: models, probability, Bayes' rule and r: 2. Introduction: credibility, models, and parameters; 3. The R programming language; 4. What is this stuff called probability?; 5. Bayes' rule -- Part II All the fundamentals applied to inferring a binomila probability: 6. Inferring a binomial probability via exact mathematical analysis; 7. Markov chain Monte Carlo; JAGS; 8. JAGS; 9. Hierarchical models; 10. Model comparison and hierarchical modeling; 11. Null hypothesis significance testing; 12. Bayesian approaches to testing a point ("Null") hypothesis; 13. Goals, power, and sample size; Stan -- Part III The generalized linear model: 14. Stan; 15. Overview of the generalized linear model; 16. Metric-predicted variable on one or two groups; 17. Metric predicted variable with one metric predictor; 18. Metric predicted variable with multiple metric predictors; 19. Metric predicted variable with one nominal predictor; 20. Metric predicted variable with multiple nominal predictors; 21. Dichotomous predicted variable; 22. Nominal predicted variable; 23. Ordinal predicted variable; 24. Count predicted variable; 25. Tools in the trunk -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The book begins with the basics, including essential concepts of probability and random sampling, and gradually progresses to advanced hierarchical modeling methods for realistic data.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What's in this book (Read this first!) --
Part I The basics: models, probability, Bayes' rule and r:
2. Introduction: credibility, models, and parameters;
3. The R programming language;
4. What is this stuff called probability?;
5. Bayes' rule --
Part II All the fundamentals applied to inferring a binomila probability:
6. Inferring a binomial probability via exact mathematical analysis;
7. Markov chain Monte Carlo; JAGS;
8. JAGS;
9. Hierarchical models;
10. Model comparison and hierarchical modeling;
11. Null hypothesis significance testing;
12. Bayesian approaches to testing a point ("Null") hypothesis; 13. Goals, power, and sample size; Stan --
Part III The generalized linear model:
14. Stan;
15. Overview of the generalized linear model;
16. Metric-predicted variable on one or two groups;
17. Metric predicted variable with one metric predictor;
18. Metric predicted variable with multiple metric predictors;
19. Metric predicted variable with one nominal predictor;
20. Metric predicted variable with multiple nominal predictors; 21. Dichotomous predicted variable;
22. Nominal predicted variable;
23. Ordinal predicted variable;
24. Count predicted variable;
25. Tools in the trunk --
Bibliography --
Index.

The book begins with the basics, including essential concepts of probability and random sampling, and gradually progresses to advanced hierarchical modeling methods for realistic data.

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