Dear all,
These up and coming short courses in applied Bayesian methods and data analysis skills at CCSR, University of Manchester maybe of interest.
Further information and online booking: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/
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Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
Date: 16th February 2011
Duration: 1 day (9.30am - 5:00pm)
Level: Introductory
Course Summary: Use of Bayesian methods is becoming increasingly widespread within quantitative social and health sciences. This one-day course aims to introduce quantitative researchers to the basic principles of Bayesian inference and simulation-based methods for estimating Bayesian models, and to highlight some of the potential benefits that a Bayesian approach can offer. No previous experience of Bayesian methods or WinBUGS/OpenBUGS is necessary, although familiarity with standard statistical terminology and a good grasp of the basic principles of standard linear and generalised linear regression models will be assumed
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/bayesian/<http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/bayesianhierarchical/>
Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling
Dates: 17-18th February 2011
Duration: 2 days (9.30am to 5.00pm)
Level: 2/3
Course Summary: Many quantitative researchers in the social and health sciences will be required to analyse data with a hierarchical or multilevel structure, or with missing or mis-measured values, at some point in their careers. Bayesian methods offer a natural approach to handling these types of problems, through their ability to specify distributions both for model parameters and for missing or imprecisely measured data. This two-day course provides researchers who already have some basic understanding of Bayesian methods with a more in-depth treatment of applied Bayesian methods for modelling data with complex structure. Prior attendance is recommended on introductory course or familiarity with the basic principles of Bayesian inference and the use of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods and/or experience of using WinBUGS/OpenBUGS software.
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/bayesianhierarchical/
Nicky Best
Professor of Statistics and Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
Imperial College London
St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place
LONDON W2 1PG
Tel +44 (0)20 7594 3320
Fax +44 (0)20 7402 2150
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