Pablo Verde
2015-Sep-17 13:00 UTC
[R] short course: Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS
Dear list members, Apologies for cross-posting. Please, find below the information of a course: "Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS". The course takes place in a nice area nearby the city of Essen. In the course?s price is included teaching material (The BUGS Book and my slides), an excursion to the Christmas' market of Essen and another excursion to one historical industrial area. If you have any question doesn?t hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Pablo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Three days course in: Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS *Where: Linuxhotel, Essen-Horst, Germany *When: 17.12.2015 to 19.12.2015 *Instructor: Dr. Pablo E. Verde ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Target audience: This course is for data analyst who are familiar with classical statistics and they want to get a working knowledge in Bayesian analysis. This is a 3 days intensive training course with 8 hours per day including lecturing and exercises. The course presentation is practical with many worked examples. To attend the course you do NOT need experience with R or with WinBUGS. Lectures are given in English. Discussions can be in English, German or Spanish! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Course content: Day 1 *Lecture 1: Introduction to Bayesian Inference *Lecture 2: Bayesian analysis for single parameter models *Lecture 3: Prior distributions: univariate Day 2 *Lecture 4: Bayesian analysis for multiple parameter models *Lecture 5: An introduction to WinBUGS *Lecture 6: Multivariate models with WinBUGS Day 3 *Lecture 7: An introduction to MCMC computations *Lecture 8: Bayesian regression with WinBUGS *Lecture 9: Introduction to Hierarchical Statistical modeling *Prices: Public sector and commercial: 3 days, 998.00 ? + 19% vat = 1,187.62 ? Student: course without accommodation 225 ? per day or with accommodation 290 ? per day. For more information, please contact: info at linuxhotel.de ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++