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| Paper title | Special Topic |
|---|---|
| Subject | Statistics |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2025 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,571.48 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
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- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
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On successful completion of the paper students will be able to:
- Explain key concepts in Bayesian statistics such as the link between the likelihood, prior and posterior distributions
- Understand the relationship between Bayesian and frequentist approaches
- Understand sufficient theory to find analytical solutions to standard problems (note: ‘standard’ problems in Bayesian statistics require advanced statistical knowledge)
- Be able to independently use R with JAGS or stan to complete Bayesian statistical analyses, including the ability to correctly format and manipulate input different data types, run analyses and diagnostics, and interpret and plot results
- Be able to implement their own Markov chain Monte Carlo samplers in R
- Communicate results to others and understand the ethical and scientific importance of reproducible research
- Independently develop advanced hierarchical statistical models linked to a scientific study, create and perform an appropriate Bayesian analysis