Imagine a short book (~200 p.) introducing Bayesian statistics in the context of clinical trials and drug development.
Scope would be introductory -- sort of "your first short course on Bayes". But practical enough to be applied out of the box.
What would you like to see covered in such a text? 👇
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 is out -- an introduction to causal inference in practice.
The first two chapters are available for free here: theissbendixen.com/dag-book/
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"Modeling Uncertainty around Free-list Cultural Salience Scores" by @rcc-au.bsky.social's @djsmith90.bsky.social and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social OnlineFirst up now at Field Methods journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #AnthroTools #quantethnography
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Do supernatural punishment beliefs promote cooperation beyond parochial boundaries? And is this effect stronger in "moralistic" religious traditions (eg Christianity, Hinduism)?
Working with some of best & brightest in our field, that's what our new prereg aims to answer: github.com/bgpurzycki/G...