Bayesian Reasoning In Data Analysis: A Critical Introduction ... - 9789814447959

Bayesian Reasoning In Data Analysis: A Critical IntroductionAuthor(s): Giulio D'agostini\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore\nImprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd\nISBN-13: 9789814447959, 978-9814447959\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a multi-level introduction to Bayesian reasoning (as opposed to conventional statistics) and its applications to data analysis. The basic ideas of this new approach to the quantification of uncertainty are presented using examples from research and everyday life. Applications covered include: parametric inference; combination of results; treatment of uncertainty due to systematic errors and background; comparison of hypotheses; unfolding of experimental distributions; upper/lower bounds in frontier-type measurements. Approximate methods for routine use are derived and are shown often to coincide under well-defined assumptions! with standard methods, which can therefore be seen as special cases of t.