TY - BOOK AU - Hoff,Peter D. TI - A First Course in Bayesian Statistical Methods SN - 9781441928283 U1 - 519.2 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - Springer KW - Bayesian statistical decision theory KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistique bayésienne KW - Methode van Bayes KW - Bayes-Verfahren N1 - Introduction and examples -- belief, probability and exchangeability -- One-parameter models -- Monte Carlo approximation -- the normal model -- Posterior approximation with the Gibbs sampler -- the multivariate normal model -- Group comparisons and hierarchical modeling -- Linear regression -- Nonconjugate priors and Metropolis-Hastings algorithms -- Linear and generalized linear mixed effects models -- Latent variable methods for ordinal data ER -