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2. Normal Models

verfasst von : Jean-Michel Marin, Christian P. Robert

Erschienen in: Bayesian Essentials with R

Verlag: Springer New York

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Abstract

This chapter uses the standard normal \(\mathcal{N}(\mu,{\sigma }^{2})\) distribution as an easy entry to generic Bayesian inferential methods. As in every subsequent chapter, we start with a description of the data used as a chapter benchmark for illustrating new methods and for testing assimilation of the techniques. We then propose a corresponding statistical model centered on the normal distribution and consider specific inferential questions to address at this level, namely parameter estimation, model choice, and outlier detection, once set the description of the Bayesian resolution of inferential problems. As befits a first chapter, we also introduce here general computational techniques known as Monte Carlo methods.

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Fußnoten
1
We will omit the reference to Student in the subsequent uses of this distribution, as is the rule in anglo-saxon textbooks.
 
2
Estimators are functions of the data \(\mathcal{D}_{n}\), while estimates are values taken by those functions. In most cases, we will denote them with a “hat” symbol, the dependence on \(\mathcal{D}_{n}\) being implicit.
 
3
Harold Jeffreys was an English geophysicist who developed and formalized Bayesian methods in the 1930s in order to analyze geophysical data. He ended up writing an influential treatise on Bayesian statistics entitled Theory of Probability.
 
4
There is nothing special about 0.05 when compared with, say, 0.87 or 0.12. It is just that the famous 5 % level is accepted by most as an acceptable level of error. If the context of the analysis tells a different story, another value for α (including one that may even depend on the data) should be chosen!
 
5
In the sense of producing the smallest possible volume with a given coverage.
 
6
This method is named in reference to the central district of Monaco, where the famous Monte-Carlo casino lies.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Normal Models
verfasst von
Jean-Michel Marin
Christian P. Robert
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8687-9_2