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Course:
Bayesian analysis, MCMC and WinBUGS
MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge
8th - 9th December 2005
Instructors: Dr David Spiegelhalter and Dr Nicky Best
See http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bayescourse/
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Day 1 - Introductory: to introduce participants to the use of Bayesian
methods, Markov chain Monte Carlo, and their application in WinBUGS
Day 2 - More advanced: to show how a range of increasingly complex
models can be fitted in WinBUGS, illustrate methods for model criticism,
model comparison and assessing sensitivity to prior distributions, and
how to (a) call WinBUGS from R and (b) run BUGS from within R.
Target audience:
Statisticians working in any application area, with familiarity of
classical methods such as generalised linear and random-effects modelling.
No experience of Bayesian methods or specialist software will be assumed
for Day 1. If only attending Day 2 then basic familiarity with Bayesian
methods and WinBUGS will be assumed
Faculty:
Dr David Spiegelhalter MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge
Dr Nicky Best Imperial College, London
The costs are:
One Day Two Days
Student £60 £100
Public sector £120 £200
Commercial £240 £400
Places strictly limited - you are recommended to register as soon as
possible
Full details: http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bayescourse/
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