The Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vol. 2B: Bayesian Inference - Hardcover

ANTHONY O'HAGAN; JON FORSTER

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340807520 ISBN 13: 9780340807521

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

This new edition responds to the developments and advances that have taken place in this area over the last few years, and offers the reader a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Bayesian statistics. Every chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated, as have the exercises at the end of each chapter. Clearly written and offering a wide-ranging introduction to Bayesian statistics, this book will be an essential reference for students, researchers and practitioners in statistics.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In recent years enormous advances in Bayesian methodology have resulted in a great expansion regarding the applications of Bayesian statistics in a wide range of fields. This up-to-date volume is designed to meet the growing need for a comprehensive treatment of modern Bayesian theory in readable form. Includes chapters on robustness and computation.

From the Back Cover:

It is now generally recognised in many areas of the social, medical and other sciences that statistical data typically have complex hierarchical or multilevel structures in which individuals are grouped together in communities or institutions. This grouping affects their behaviour and multilevel modelling is now the accepted statistical technique for the analysis of this type of data. An understanding of these methods is vital for researchers in fields such as education, epidemiology, geography, child growth and social surveys, among others. This new edition brings the book fully up to date, explaining important new developments such as the use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, bootstrapping and mulitvariate models. The book has been completely restructured for this third edition and extra space has been given to discussion of key issues such as missing data, measurement errors and multivariate models. Real-life examples are used throughout to illustrate clearly the theoretical concepts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340807520
• ISBN 13: 9780340807521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496