EXST 7151 Bayesian Data Analysis (3)

Prereq.: EXST 7013 or EXST 7014 or EXST 7015 and EXST 7060 or consent of department head. Introduction to Bayesian statistical methods and their application in fields such as agriculture, biology, engineering and medicine; topics include non-informative, conjugate and elicited priors; posterior development; common single and multiple parameter models such as binomial, normal, Poisson, and exponential; hierarchical models; hypothesis testing and credible sets; posterior simulation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo; and performance of Bayesian procedures.