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Bayesian Statistics SpecializationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz

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Bayesian Statistics: Mixture Models introduces you to an important class of statistical models. The course is organized in five modules, each of which contains lecture videos, short quizzes, background reading, discussion prompts, and one or more peer-reviewed assignments. Statistics is best learned by doing it, not just watching a video, so the course is structured to help you learn through application. 
Some exercises require the use of R, a freely-available statistical software package. A brief tutorial is provided, but we encourage you to take advantage of the many other resources online for learning R if you are interested.

This is an intermediate-level course, and it was designed to be the third in UC Santa Cruz's series on Bayesian statistics, after Herbie Lee's "Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis" and Matthew Heiner's "Bayesian Statistics: Techniques and Models." To succeed in the course, you should have some knowledge of and comfort with calculus-based probability, principles of maximum-likelihood estimation, and Bayesian estimation.

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Familiarity with calculus-based probability, principles of maximum-likelihood estimation, and Bayesian estimation.

Approx. 21 hours to complete

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Markov Model
Bayesian Statistics
Mixture Model
R Programming

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Familiarity with calculus-based probability, principles of maximum-likelihood estimation, and Bayesian estimation.

Approx. 21 hours to complete

English

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Abel Rodriguez

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Basic concepts on Mixture Models

4 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 94 min), 7 readings, 9 quizzes

9 videos

Welcome to Bayesian Statistics: Mixture Models3mInstalling and using R5mBasic definitions25mMixtures of Gaussians10mZero-inflated mixtures11mHierarchical representations7mSampling from a mixture model5mThe likelihood function14mParameter identifiability10m

7 readings

An Introduction to R45mExample of a bimodal mixture of Gaussians3mExample of a unimodal and skewed mixture of Gaussians3mExample of a unimodal, symmetric and heavy tailed mixture of Gaussians3mExample of a zero-inflated negative binomial distribution3mExample of a zero-inflated log Gaussian distribution3mSample code for simulating from a Mixture Model10m

7 practice exercises

Basic definitions6mMixtures of Gaussians4mZero-inflated distributions4mDefinition of Mixture Models20mThe likelihood functionIdentifiabilityLikelihood function for mixture models4m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Maximum likelihood estimation for Mixture Models

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 73 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Bayesian estimation for Mixture Models

4 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 84 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

5 hours to complete

Applications of Mixture Models

5 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 108 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes

7 videos

Density estimation using Mixture Models12mDensity Estimation Example10mMixture Models for Clustering23mClustering example11mMixture Models and naive Bayes classifiers21mLinear and quadratic discriminant analysis in the context of Mixture Models18mClassification example10m

3 readings

Sample code for density estimation problems10mSample EM algorithm for clustering problems10mSample EM algorithm for classification problems10m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM BAYESIAN STATISTICS: MIXTURE MODELS

by RLFeb 10, 2023

I really enjoyed this course! Plenty of examples on how to use Mixture Models in a Machine Learning context. Thanks to Abel and his team for putting together such an useful course.

by SMJan 19, 2021

I learned a lot about bayesian mixture model, expectation maximization, and MCMC algorithms and their use case in classification and clustering problems. I highly recommend this course.

by CMMay 17, 2021

Definitely quite mathematical in nature. Good way to learn about expectation-maximisation algorithm.

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About the Bayesian Statistics Specialization

This Specialization is intended for all learners seeking to develop proficiency in statistics, Bayesian statistics, Bayesian inference, R programming, and much more. Through four complete courses (From Concept to Data Analysis; Techniques and Models; Mixture Models; Time Series Analysis) and a culminating project, you will cover Bayesian methods — such as conjugate models, MCMC, mixture models, and dynamic linear modeling — which will provide you with the skills necessary to perform analysis, engage in forecasting, and create statistical models using real-world data.

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