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Activity Number:
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173
- Novel Approaches to Pedogogy
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 31, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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Abstract #322809
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View Presentation
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Title:
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Bayes for Beginners: No Need to Hesitate
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Author(s):
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Jeffrey Witmer*
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Companies:
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Oberlin College
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Keywords:
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Bayes ;
education ;
MCMC
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Abstract:
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In 1996 David Moore gave a JSM talk entitled "Bayes for Beginners: Some Reasons to Hesitate" in which he argued against teaching Bayesian methods in a first course. His first reason to hesitate was that Bayesian methods were rarely used in practice. Times have changed - a lot. With Markov chain Monte Carlo available, Bayesian applications have become widely used. It is time for the statistics education community to get on board.
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