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Bayesian statistics is a fairly sensible approach to certain types of statistical problems, so I'm not sure why its proponents always seem to talk about it as i
by gydfi 10y ago
Bayesian statistics is a fairly sensible approach to certain types of statistical problems, so I'm not sure why its proponents always seem to talk about it as if they're pushing some new religious movement with a lot of nudity, or Amway.
- Ntrails 10y agoIn my first stats lecture at university the lecturer informed us we would not learn about Bayesian statistics and if we'd wanted to do that we should have gone to York or something.
- gjm11 10y agoWhy York in particular? I mean, was the subtext "York, which is our ancient enemy" or "York, which everyone knows is a grossly inferior university" or what?
- kgwgk 10y agoMaybe related: https://www.york.ac.uk/maths/staff/peter-lee/ https://www.york.ac.uk/maths/staff/peter-lee/
- keithpeter 10y agohttp://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pml1/bayes/book.htm http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pml1/bayes/book.htm Gives out pdfs of the exercises in his textbook on his home page. Thanks for pointer.
- Ntrails 10y agoI never dared ask, actually.
- fullshark 10y agoHow do you know a statistician is a Bayesian? - Don't worry, they'll tell you.