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About the Course

This is the second of a two-course sequence introducing the fundamentals of Bayesian statistics. It builds on the course Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis, which introduces Bayesian methods through use of simple conjugate models. Real-world data often require more sophisticated models to reach realistic conclusions. This course aims to expand our “Bayesian toolbox” with more general models, and computational techniques to fit them. In particular, we will introduce Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, which allow sampling from posterior distributions that have no analytical solution. We will use the open-source, freely available software R (some experience is assumed, e.g., completing the previous course in R) and JAGS (no experience required). We will learn how to construct, fit, assess, and compare Bayesian statistical models to answer scientific questions involving continuous, binary, and count data. This course combines lecture videos, computer demonstrations, readings, exercises, and discussion boards to create an active learning experience. The lectures provide some of the basic mathematical development, explanations of the statistical modeling process, and a few basic modeling techniques commonly used by statisticians. Computer demonstrations provide concrete, practical walkthroughs. Completion of this course will give you access to a wide range of Bayesian analytical tools, customizable to your data....

Top reviews

MV

Jun 18, 2018

Brilliant course! Very well organized and with useful study cases.Suggestion: It would be nice to have the same examples in Python using, e.g. Stan or PyMC.

DA

Jan 9, 2018

The best course I had in statistics. unlike many other courses the instructor does not ignore the underlying mathematics of the codes.

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Feb 13, 2021

Easy to follow. Great content.

By Tiago B L

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May 16, 2025

Hard but very good Course !

By Doug A

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May 5, 2022

good class learned a lot

By PAWAN S

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Sep 8, 2020

EXCELLENT COURSE ....

By Chen N

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Apr 8, 2019

Amazing, super cool!

By M S

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Aug 8, 2023

Nice presentations

By Roberto S

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Mar 20, 2023

Very good course!

By shweta d

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Oct 22, 2022

Excellent Content

By Luis A

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Jun 6, 2019

Excellent course.

By Thais P

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Jul 1, 2017

Very good curse!!

By Neha K

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Sep 14, 2020

excellent course

By Roberto I F A

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Dec 27, 2024

Very rhythmical

By sameen n

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Apr 30, 2020

Amazing course.

By Clara X G

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Aug 17, 2022

Learned a lot！

By Harshit G

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May 9, 2019

Great course.

By Michael B

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Dec 29, 2017

Great course!

By Yiran W

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Jun 11, 2017

Very helpful!

By Seokkyu K

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Jun 5, 2022

Best course!

By Aya M L N

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Nov 9, 2020

Thanks a lot

By Dongliang Y

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Sep 30, 2018

Great class.

By Dallam M

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Jun 27, 2017

great course

By SURAJIT C

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Dec 25, 2020

Good Work!

By Nancy L

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Oct 11, 2019

Thank you!

By Robert d J

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May 16, 2022

Excellent

By Owendrila S

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Sep 28, 2020

Very Good