Friday, December 24, 2010

Currently Reading : Statistics : A Bayesian Perspective by Donald Berry

I've always wanted to have an understanding of Bayesian statistics, and see how it fits with the traditional statistics model. The problem I faced was that all the books I could find were too advanced : I was looking for an introductory text book in the style of, for example, The Basic Practice of Statistics.

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Practice-Statistics-Cloth-Student/dp/1429224266/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

Fortunately I searched "Statistical Analysis - Stack Exchange",

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/125/what-is-the-best-introductory-bayesian-statistics-textbook

and came across the book that I am currently reading.

The other "introductory" books on Bayesian statistics that I looked at but rejected were :

- Biostatistics - A Bayesian Introduction - George Woodworth

- Introduction To Bayesian Statistics - William Bolstad

I'm not far off finishing my first read of Berry's book, so I'll post some more comments on it soon.

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