Publications [#258279] of Alan E. Gelfand
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- Gelfand, AE; Smith, AFM. "Bayesian statistics without tears: a sampling-resampling perspective." American Statistician 46.2 (1992): 84-88. [doi]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)Abstract:
Even to the initiated, statistical calculations based on Bayes’s Theorem can be daunting because of the numerical integrations required in all but the simplest applications. Moreover, from a teaching perspective, introductions to Bayesian statistics—if they are given at all—are circumscribed by these apparent calculational difficulties. Here we offer a straightforward sampling - resampling perspective on Bayesian inference, which has both pedagogic appeal and suggests easily implemented calculation strategies. © 1992 American Statistical Association.