Book Review: Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability With Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks

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dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorPerezgonzalez J
dc.date.available2020-01-15
dc.date.issued2020-01-15
dc.description.abstractBayesian Statistics the Fun Way is an engaging introduction to Bayesian inference by Kurt (2019). His main goal of producing “a book on Bayesian statistics that really anyone could pick up and use to gain real intuitions for how to think statistically and solve real problems using statistics” (Carrone, 2019) is certainly achieved. Indeed, the book introduces Bayesian methods in a clear and concise manner, without assuming prior statistical knowledge and, for the most part, eschewing formulations. It explores Bayesian inference in a very intuitive way and with engaging examples—from UFOs to conspiracy theorists, via Lego, crime scenes, Start Wars, email click baits, and funfair rubber ducks—and constrains itself well enough for readers to start applying Bayesian inference from the word go.
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dc.identifierARTN 3021
dc.identifier.citationFRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 2020, 10
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03021
dc.identifier.elements-id438899
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relation.isPartOfFRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
dc.relation.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03021/full
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 Perezgonzalez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
dc.subjectbayes
dc.subjectstatistics
dc.subjectprobability
dc.subjectphilosophy
dc.subjectmethodology
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.subject.anzsrc1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.titleBook Review: Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability With Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks
dc.typeJournal article
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