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Bayesian Statistics by Coursera

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Duration

35 hours

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Delivery Method

Online

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Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Intermediate

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

35 hours

Course Description

This course will explain Bayesian statistics. In Bayesian statistics, one's inferences regarding parameters or hypotheses can be updated as evidence accumulates. Bayes' rule will be used to convert prior probabilities into posterior probabilities. You will also learn the theory and perspectives behind the Bayesian paradigm. Bayesian methods will be applied to practical problems to demonstrate end-to-end Bayesian analyses. This includes building models, framing questions, eliciting prior probabilities, and finally implementing the final posterior distribution in R (free statistical program). The course will also introduce credible regions, Bayesian comparisons between means and proportions and Bayesian inference using multiple model, Bayesian regression, and Bayesian prediction.

This course assumes that learners have the same background knowledge as those in the three previous courses in this specialization, "Introduction to Probability & Data," "Inferential Statistic," and "Linear Regression & Modeling."

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What You Will Learn

You will learn to use Bayes’ rule to transform prior probabilities into posterior probabilities, and be introduced to the underlying theory and perspective of the Bayesian paradigm

Understand and define the concepts of prior, likelihood, and posterior probability and identify how they relate to one another

Course Instructors

Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

Associate Professor of the Practice

Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, L...

David Banks

Professor of the Practice

David Banks is the instructor for this course

Colin Rundel

Assistant Professor of the Practice

Colin Rundel is an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles,...

Merlise A Clyde

Professor

Dr. Merlise Clyde is Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University and has served as Chair of the Department of Statistical Science at Duke since 2013. She received her PhD in 1993 from the Un...

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