A First Course in Bayesian Statistical Methods

• Main Author: Hoff, Peter D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Springer Texts in Statistics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical statistics.; Operations research.; Management science.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Econometrics.; Social sciences.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.

This book provides a compact self-contained introduction to the theory and application of Bayesian statistical methods. The book is accessible to readers having a basic familiarity with probability, yet allows more advanced readers to quickly grasp the principles underlying Bayesian theory and metho...