3.00 Credits
Bayesian statistical methods for analyzing data, with emphasis on ecological and biological data. Includes Bayes rule, basic Bayesian formulation (priors, posteriors, likelihoods), single-and multiple-parameter models, hierarchical models, generalized linear models, multivariate models, mixture models, models for missing data, merging statistical and process models, and introduction to computation models. Cross listed with BOT/ECOL 5380. Prerequisites: at least 2 semesters of calculus and one semester of statistics.