Thursday

8:00 AM-11:50 AM

Introductory

Length

CE Credits 4

Understanding Bayesian statistics is an important skill for researchers and practitioners of psychological research. This introductory workshop presents the basic concepts of Bayesian statistics. Interactive activities, illustrations, and lectures are used to convey the four steps of Bayesian analysis: specifying a prior distribution, summarizing evidence about parameter values using a likelihood function, combining the prior and likelihood to form a posterior distribution, and making inferences. Participants also become familiar with the history of Bayesian methods, including the stories of diverse individuals who advanced the methodology.

Brian Leventhal, PhD, James Madison University