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020			_a9781316642214 (pbk. : alk. paper )
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050	0	0	_aQC20.7.B38 _bB35 2017
082	0	0	_a519.5/42 _223
100	1		_aBailer-Jones, Coryn A. L., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPractical Bayesian inference : _ba primer for physical scientists / _cCoryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017
300			_aix, 295 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-209) and index.
505	0		_aProbability basics -- Estimation and uncertainty -- Statistical models and inference -- Linear models, least squares, and maximum likelihood -- Parameter estimation: single parameter -- Parameter estimation: multiple parameters -- Approximating distributions -- Monte Carlo methods for inference -- Parameter estimation: Markov Chain Monte Carlo -- Frequentist hypothesis testing -- Model comparison -- Dealing with more complicated problems.
520			_a"Science is fundamentally about learning from data, and doing so in the presence of uncertainty. Uncertainty arises inevitably and avoidably in many guises. It comes from noise in our measurements: we cannot measure exactly. It comes from sampling effects: we cannot measure everything. It comes from complexity: data may be numerous, high dimensional, and correlated, making it difficult to see structures. This book is an introduction to statistical methods for analysing data. It presents the major concepts of probability and statistics as well as the computational tools we need to extract meaning from data in the presence of uncertainty"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBayesian statistical decision theory.
650		0	_aMathematical physics.
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