Talk for Southern California R Users Group and R Ladies Irvine
2021-10-26
Bayesian statistics is becoming more popular in data science. Data scientists are often not trained in Bayesian statistics and if they are, it is usually part of their graduate training. During this talk, we will introduce an introductory course in Bayesian statistics for learners at the undergraduate level and comparably trained practitioners. We will share tools for teaching (and learning) the first course in Bayesian statistics, specifically the {bayesrules} package that accompanies the open-access Bayes Rules! An Introduction to Bayesian Modeling with R book. We will provide an outline of the curriculum and examples for novice learners and their instructors.