The term predictive statistics is used to describe a focus on observables, and not on any invisible model-based parameters as is found in estimation and null hypothesis significance testing. It isn’t sticking, […]
The Predictive Way Is The Only Way In Statistics: Sick Cow Edition
What is the purpose of modeling? There can be only two. The first is to say what happened, to explain. But in order to do this one must first assume what one […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part X: Survival Analysis
Query: now that I’m a video master, would people like videos of these lessons? I don’t see how they’d help much, but who knows. Let me know below or via email. Next […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VIII — Starting Stan
Review! You must at least review the first lessons—all class material is on one page for ease. I’ll have more words about the mysticism of simulation, but I’ve said it all before […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part IX Stan — Logistic & Beta Regression
Review! We’re doing logistic and beta regression this time. These aren’t far apart, because the observable for both lives between 0 and 1; for logistic it is 0 or 1; for beta, […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VII New (Free) Software Tobit Regression
Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.3! Only the example code changed since […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VI New (Free) Software Poisson Regression
Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.22! Only the example code changed since […]
How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part V New (Free) Software Multinomial Regression
Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.22! Only the example code changed since […]
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