Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach - Couverture rigide

Gill, Jeff

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1584882883 ISBN 13 : 9781584882886

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Gill Jeff

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Despite increasing interest in Bayesian approaches, especially across the social sciences, it has been virtually impossible to find a text that introduces Bayesian data analysis in a manner accessible to social science students. The Bayesian paradigm is ideally suited to the type of data analysis they will have to perform, but the associated mathematics can be daunting.

Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach presents the basic principles of Bayesian statistics in a treatment designed specifically for students in the social sciences and related fields. Requiring few prerequisites, it first introduces Bayesian statistics and inference with detailed descriptions of setting up a probability model, specifying prior distributions, calculating a posterior distribution, and describing the results. This is followed by explicit guidance on assessing model quality and model fit using various diagnostic techniques and empirical summaries. Finally, it introduces hierarchical models within the Bayesian context, which leads naturally to Markov Chain Monte Carlo computing techniques and other numerical methods.

The author emphasizes practical computing issues, includes specific details for Bayesian model building and testing, and uses the freely available R and BUGS software for examples and exercise problems. The result is an eminently practical text that is comprehensive, rigorous, and ideally suited to teaching future empirical social scientists.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jeff Gill is a professor in the Department of Political Science, the Division of Biostatistics, and the Department of Surgery (Public Health Sciences) at Washington University. He is the author of several books and has published numerous research articles. His research applies Bayesian modeling and data analysis to questions in general social science quantitative methodology, political behavior and institutions, and medical/health data analysis using computationally intensive tools. He received his B.A. from UCLA, MBA from Georgetown University, Ph.D. from American University, and Post-Doctorate from Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1584882883
• ISBN 13: 9781584882886
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 480