Bayesian analysis made simple : an Excel GUI for WinBUGS /

"Although the popularity of the Bayesian approach to statistics has been growing for years, many still think of it as somewhat esoteric, not focused on practical issues, or generally too difficult to understand.Bayesian Analysis Made Simple is aimed at those who wish to apply Bayesian methods b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Woodward, Phillip
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012]
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:	Microsoft Excel (Computer file) WinBUGS. Bayesian statistical decision theory. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / Bayesian Analysis. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Brief introduction to statistics, Bayesian methods, and WinBUGS
2. BugsXLA overview and reference manual
3. Normal linear models
4. Generalized linear models
5. Normal linear mixed models
6. Generalized linear mixed models
7. Emax or four-parameter logistic non-linear models
8. Bayesian variable selection
9. Longitudinal and repeated measures models
10. Robust models
11. Beyond BugsXLA : extending the WinBUGS code.