Statistical Modeling & Regression · Bayesian Statistics

Bayesian statistics: Bayesian generalized linear models (GLMs)

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Introduction

What this guide covers

A rigorous theoretical and computational approach to model non-Gaussian response variables under the Bayesian probabilistic uncertainty paradigm.

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Bayesian Generalized Linear Models
  • Introduction to Bayesian Inference
  • The Conjugability Limitation in MGL
  • Structure of Generalized Linear Models (GLM)
  • The Exponential Family of Distributions

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Bayes' theorem & priors
  • Variance & standard deviation
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Linear algebra & matrices
  • Logistic regression

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

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p(𝛉|𝐲)=p(𝐲|𝛉)p(𝛉)p(𝐲)=p(𝐲|𝛉)p(𝛉)∫𝚯p(𝐲|𝛉)p(𝛉)d𝛉
View LaTeX sourcep(\boldsymbol{\theta} | \mathbf{y}) = \frac{p(\mathbf{y} | \boldsymbol{\theta}) \, p(\boldsymbol{\theta})}{p(\mathbf{y})} = \frac{p(\mathbf{y} | \boldsymbol{\theta}) \, p(\boldsymbol{\theta})}{\int_{\boldsymbol{\Theta}} p(\mathbf{y} | \boldsymbol{\theta}) \, p(\boldsymbol{\theta}) \, d\boldsymbol{\theta}}