Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics.

Part 1: History, Philosophy and Motiviation

Major Players in the devlopment of Bayes’ Rule

Bayes, Price, Laplace

The 3-step Bayesian Paradigm

Bayesian Paradigm

# Most of us are born Bayesians

“It is remarkable that this science (probability), which originated in the consideration of games of chance, should have become the most important object of human knowledge.” Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749-1827)

Part 2: Introcution to Probability

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