Introduction to WinBUGS for Ecologists —— Bayesian Approach to Regression, ANOVA, Mixed Models and Related Analyses

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ISBN: 9780123786050 出版年：2010 页码：321 Kery, Marc Academic Press_RM

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines such as ecology over the past decade. The free software program WinBUGS and its open-source sister OpenBugs is currently the only flexible and general-purpose program available with which the average ecologist can conduct their own standard and non-standard Bayesian statistics. Introduction to WINBUGS for Ecologists goes right to the heart of the matter by providing ecologists with a comprehensive, yet concise, guide to applying WinBUGS to the types of models that they use most often: linear (LM), generalized linear (GLM), linear mixed (LMM) and generalized linear mixed models (GLMM).Introduction to WinBUGS for Ecologists combines the use of simulated data sets "paired" analyses using WinBUGS (in a Bayesian framework for analysis) and in R (in a frequentist mode of inference) and uses a very detailed step-by-step tutorial presentation style that really lets the reader repeat every step of the application of a given mode in their own research. - Introduction to the essential theories of key models used by ecologists - Complete juxtaposition of classical analyses in R and Bayesian Analysis of the same models in WinBUGS- Provides every detail of R and WinBUGS code required to conduct all analyses- Written with ecological language and ecological examples- Companion Web Appendix that contains all code contained in the book, additional material (including more code and solutions to exercises)- Tutorial approach shows ecologists how to implement Bayesian analysis in practical problems that they face