Discrete Bayes with R

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" Discrete Bayes with R "
Albert, Jim

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937272
Doc. No	:	LA9kb6x0bw
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Albert, Jim
Title & Author	:	Discrete Bayes with R [Article]\ Albert, Jim
Title of Periodical	:	Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/2
Date	:	2009
Abstract	:	An attractive way of introducing Bayesian thinking is through a discrete model approach where the parameter is assigned a discrete prior. Two generic R functions are introduced for implementing posterior and predictive calculations for arbitrary choices of prior and sampling densities. Several examples illustrate the usefulness of these functions in summarizing the posterior distributions for one and two parameter problems and for comparing models by the use of Bayes factors.