Broadening its scope to nonstatisticians, Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis, Third Edition provides an accessible introduction to the foundations and applications of Bayesian analysis. Along with a complete reorganization of the material, this edition concentrates more on hierarchical Bayesian modeling as implemented via Markov chain Monte Carlo (

Bradley P. Carlin, Thomas A. Louis

Approaches for Statistical Inference. The Bayes Approach. Bayesian Computation. Model Criticism and Selection. The Empirical Bayes Approach. Bayesian Design. Special Methods and Models. Case Studies. Appendices. References. Indices.