Stat 156: Bayesian Inference

UC Berkeley

Offerings

  1. Fall 2024

Overview

Calculation of conditional expectation and distribution. Structure of decision problems. Conjugate families for standard distributions. Linear models. Dirichlet distributions. DeFinetti’s theorem. Optimal stopping and other design problems.

Logistics

Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.

Prerequisites

102 or 103B.