Bayesian Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Name: Bayesian Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
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ISBN: 9781584882886

ISBN-10: 1584882883

ISBN-13: 9781584882886

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jeff Gill

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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…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 5/29/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.60" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Background and Introduction


Likelihood Inference and the Generalized Linear Model


The Bayesian Setup


The Normal and Student's-T Models


The Bayesian Prior


Assessing Model Quality


Bayesian Hypothesis Testing and the Bayes Factor


Bayesian Posterior Simulation


Basics of Markov Chain Monte Carlo


Bayesian Hierarchical Models


Practical Markov Chain Monte Carlo