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Bayesian statistical inference /
- Title
- Bayesian statistical inference / Gudmund R. Iversen.
- Author
- Iversen, Gudmund R.
- Publication
- Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, c1984.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- 80 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-043
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 78-79.
- Contents
- 1. Thomas Bayes and statistical inference -- 2. Classical statistical inference -- Use of tail probabilities -- Interpretation of confidence intervals -- Uncertainty about parameter values -- 3. Bayes' theorem -- Derivation -- An example -- One population -- 4. Bayesian methods for a proportion -- Proportion -- 5. Bayesian methods for other parameters -- Mean -- Correlation -- Regression -- Contingency tables -- Difference between two means -- Ratio of two variances -- Analysis of variance -- 6. Prior distributions -- Informative versus noninformative priors -- Finding prior distributions -- Subjective nature of priors -- Effect of priors -- 7. Bayesian difficulties -- Priors -- Data probabilities -- Computation -- 8. Bayesian strengths -- Specific reasons -- General reasons.
- ISBN
- 0803923287 (pbk.) :
- 9780803923287 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 84050890
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library