Book Review: Bayesian Statistics for Beginners. A Step-by-Step Approach

Frontiers in Psychology

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Jose D. Perezgonzalez¹ 

[1] School of Aviation, Massey Business School, Massey University

关键词: Bayes;    statistics;    probability;    philosophy;    methodology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01017

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Bayesian Statistics for Beginners. A Step-by-Step Approach (Donovan and Mickey, 2019) is, perhaps,the “truest-to-title” book I have read on Bayesian inference and statistics, insofar (a) it is written fornovices to probability, inference, the scientific method, and Bayesian methodology, (b) it introducesthose four topics step-by-step, repeats them as needed, and emphasizes them throughout the entirebook, and (c), despite the authors claiming that “this is not meant to be a course on statistics”(p.269), the book delves into enough Bayesian statistics to last a lifetime. The most importantcontribution, however, is that this is a book purposely devoted to highlighting the role of Bayesianmethodology and inference in the conduct of science.

【 授权许可】

CC BY