Introduction to Bayesian statistics using BUGS – Course details

This course is intended to provide an introduction to Bayesian analysis and MCMC methods, and a fairly detailed tutorial on the use of OpenBUGS/JAGS/WinBUGS.

The emphasis throughout will be on practical examples: software and code to carry out all the analyses will be provided (see software download page). Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop for the practicals.

Timetable

Day 1:

09:30	Lecture 1	Bayesian Monte Carlo methods in BUGS
10:30	Practical 1	Including tea and coffee
12:00	Lecture 2	Conjugate Bayesian inference
13:00		LUNCH
14:00	Lecture 2 (continued)	Conjugate Bayesian inference
14:30	Practical 2	Including tea and coffee
15:30	Lecture 3	Introduction to MCMC
17:00		End of day I
Evening		Course dinner in a local restaurant (included in course fee)

Day 2:

9:30	Lecture 4	Introduction to Bayesian regression models
10:30	Practical 3	Including tea and coffee
11:30	Lecture 5	Predictions, missing data, model checking, model comparison
12:30		LUNCH
13:30	Practical 4	Including tea and coffee
14:30	Lecture 6	Introduction to hierarchical models
16:00	Practical 5	Including tea and coffee
17:00		End of workshop