14 dec. 2014 · A Bayesian model is a statistical model made of the pair prior x likelihood = posterior x marginal. Bayes' theorem is somewhat secondary to the concept of a prior.

17 feb. 2021 · Confessions of a moderate Bayesian, part 4 Bayesian statistics by and for non-statisticians Read part 1: How to Get Started with Bayesian Statistics Read part 2: Frequentist …

Which is the best introductory textbook for Bayesian statistics? One book per answer, please.

4 okt. 2011 · How would you describe in plain English the characteristics that distinguish Bayesian from Frequentist reasoning?

I am currently reading about Bayesian Methods in Computation Molecular Evolution by Yang. In section 5.2 it talks about priors, and specifically Non-informative/flat/vague/diffuse, conjugate, …

9 aug. 2015 · The point of the Bayesian analysis is to update the prior with the information in the data.

The Bayesian interpretation of probability as a measure of belief is unfalsifiable. Only if there exists a real-life mechanism by which we can sample values of θ θ can a probability distribution …

3 sep. 2025 · In a Bayesian framework, we consider parameters to be random variables. The posterior distribution of the parameter is a probability distribution of the parameter given the …

15 okt. 2017 · When evaluating an estimator, the two probably most common used criteria are the maximum risk and the Bayes risk. My question refers to the latter one: The bayes risk under the …

In an interesting twist, some researchers outside the Bayesian perspective have been developing procedures called confidence distributions that are probability distributions on the parameter …