Welcome to Stats 115 - Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis.
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Prerequisite: STATS 120C
Recommended STATS 110
Concurrent with STATS 203
In addition, readings may be assigned from a book I am currently co-writing with Alicia A. Johnson and Miles Ott.
You will need a scientific calculator for the midterm and the final. You may not use a graphing calculator.
Prerequisite: STATS 120C
Recommended STATS 110
Concurrent with STATS 203
Meeting Times and Locations
| Lecture | Discussion |
|---|---|
| DBH 1423 MW 09:30 - 10:50 am |
DBH 1300 W 4:00 - 4:50 pm |
Course Goals
By the end of this course you will be able to:- distinguish frequentist and Bayesian statistics;
- choose appropriate prior distributions for a Bayesian model;
- use rstan to fit Bayesian models;
- interpret model results.
Teaching Team
Instructor
Mine Dogucu (she/her/hers)
mdogucu@uci.edu
Office Hours: Mon 1 - 2 pm & W 3 - 4 pm
Office: Donald Bren Hall 2204
mdogucu@uci.edu
Office Hours: Mon 1 - 2 pm & W 3 - 4 pm
Office: Donald Bren Hall 2204
Reader (Grader)
Cangao Chu (he/his/his)
cangaoc@uci.edu
Office: Donald Bren Hall 2013
No scheduled office hours. Grading related office hours may be scheduled if needed.
cangaoc@uci.edu
Office: Donald Bren Hall 2013
No scheduled office hours. Grading related office hours may be scheduled if needed.
Texts
The following books are suggested but not required.| Introduction to Bayesian Statistics | Bolstad W.M., Curran J.M. | Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2016 |
| Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis, An Introduction for Scientists and Statisticians | Christensen R., Johnson W., Branscum A., Hanson T. E. | CRC Press, 1st Edition, 2010 |
Materials
Please bring a laptop to lectures and discussion sessions. If you do not own a laptop or you are having issues with your laptop, note that you may borrow laptops and chromebooks from the library.You will need a scientific calculator for the midterm and the final. You may not use a graphing calculator.