Bayes for Beginners? Some Reasons to Hesitate

American Statistician

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-261

  Moore, David S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Statistical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031533982     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1997.10473972     Document Type: Article

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