Teaching Bayesian Statistics at the Undergraduate Level Workshop at USCOTS 2021


Before the Workshop: Instructions for R Users

If you plan on following the hands-on activities with R code during the workshop, please download the files provided on this page by clicking the green Code button and then Download Zip.

We recommend running the code in the setup file to ensure that you have the necessary packages prior to the workshop.

The bayesrules package will need to be installed from GitHub by running the following code:

devtools::install_github("bayes-rules/bayesrules")

Before the Workshop: Instructions for R beginners

If you plan on following the hands-on activities with R code during the workshop, please download the files provided on this page by clicking the green Code button and then Download Zip.

You will need to

  • Download and install R
  • Download and install RStudio. There is a free desktop version.
  • Install necessary R packages. You can watch this video that walks you through package installations.

During the Workshop

⏰ 1:30 - 2:00 pm
💻 An Overview


⏰ 2:00 - 2:30 pm
💻 Bayesian Foundations


⏰ 2:30 - 3:00 pm
💻 Posterior Simulation and Analysis


⏰ 3:00 - 3:30 pm
💻 Bayesian Regression and Classification