Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach (Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Gill, Jeff

ISBN 10: 1584882883 / ISBN 13: 9781584882886

Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2002

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New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers D8S0-3-M-1584882883-6

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Titel: Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral ...

Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: New

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"This book is a brilliant and importantly very accessible introduction to the concept and application of Bayesian approaches to data analysis. The clear strength of the book is in making the concept practical and accessible, without necessarily dumbing it down. The coverage is also remarkable." - Dr. S. V. Subramanian, Harvard School of Public Health "One of the signal contributions of Bayesian methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach is to reintroduce Bayesian inference and computing to a general social sciences audience. This is an important contribution--one that will make demand for this book highJeff Gill has gone some way toward reinventing the graduate-level methodology textbook Gill's treatment of the practicalities of convergence is a real servicenew users of the technique will appreciate this material. the inclusion of material on hierarchical modeling at first seems unconventional; its use in political science, while increasing, has been limited. However, Bayesian inference and MCMC methods are well-suited to these types of problems, and it is exactly these types of treatments that push the discipline in new directions. As noted, a number of monographs have appeared recently to reintroduce Bayesian inference to a new generation of computer-savvy statisticians. However, Gill achieves what these do not: a quality introduction and reference guide to Bayesian inference and MCMC methods that will become a standard in political methodology." -The Journal of Politics, November 2003