This book uniquely covers the topics typically found in anintroductory statistics book—but from a Bayesian perspective—givingreaders an advantage as they enter fields where statistics is used.This Second Edition provides:
- Extended coverage of Poisson and Gamma distributions
- Two new chapters on Bayesian inference for Poisson observations andBayesian inference for the standard deviation for normal observations
- A twenty-five percent increase in exercises with selected answers at the end of the book
- A calculus refresher appendix and a summary on the use of statistical tables
- New computer exercises that use R functions and Minitab® macros for Bayesian analysis and Monte Carlo simulations