{"id":1131,"date":"2020-08-26T12:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/?page_id=1131"},"modified":"2020-10-02T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:14:24","slug":"bayesian-statistics-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/bayesian-statistics-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayesian Statistics for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-service-3 ab-layout-columns-2 ab-2-col-equal alignfull\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:10px\"><div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-0 ab-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1920px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/files\/2020\/08\/Bayes-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/files\/2020\/08\/Bayes-3.png 363w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/files\/2020\/08\/Bayes-3-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column ab-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p>Bayesian Statistics for Beginners is an entry-level book on Bayesian statistics. It is like no other math book you\u2019ve read. It is written for readers who do not have advanced degrees in mathematics and who may struggle with mathematical notation, yet need to understand the basics of Bayesian inference for scientific investigations. Intended as a \u201cquick read,\u201d the entire book is written as an informal, humorous conversation between the reader and writer\u2014a natural way to present material for those new to Bayesian inference. The most impressive feature of the book is the sheer length of the journey, from introductory probability to Bayesian inference and applications, including Markov Chain Monte Carlo approaches for parameter estimation, Bayesian belief networks, and decision trees.  A vast amount of material is covered in a lighthearted manner; the journey is relatively pain-free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-accordion ab-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"ab-accordion-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxford.universitypressscholarship.com\/view\/10.1093\/oso\/9780198841296.001.0001\/oso-9780198841296\">Table of Contents<\/a><\/summary><div class=\"ab-accordion-text\"><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-accordion ab-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"ab-accordion-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bayesian-Statistics-Beginners-step-step\/dp\/0198841299\">Amazon<\/a><\/summary><div class=\"ab-accordion-text\"><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-accordion ab-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"ab-accordion-title\">Reviews<\/summary><div class=\"ab-accordion-text\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/files\/2020\/10\/BSfB_JWM-review.pdf\">The Journal of Wildlife Management <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/files\/2020\/10\/BSfB_FrontiersReview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frontiers in Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6081,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1131\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}