Bayesian Statistics certification is a 7-week long programme where all the participants enrolling must devote approximately 34 hours of their time. This certification course is available on the Coursera platform but has been designed by Duke University. Also, this course is part 4 of 5 in the specialization of Statistics with R Specialization offering a free trial that is valid for 7 whole days. Whoever the interested participants must make sure that they have some kind of prior knowledge of what all is taught in the precious course parts of the specialization.
The Bayesian Statistics training will be responsible for introducing Bayesian comparisons related to means, credible regions, and Bayesian regression using multiple models to the participants. The course finally teaches all the applicants to learn the application of Bayesian methods to several practical issues and implementation in R programming. Apart from providing a certificate that is shareable, the candidates will be able to change the course timings with respect to their convenient schedules.
The Highlights
7 weeks programme
100% online course
34 hours of classes
Learning by self
Intermediate course level
10 subtitles available
Certificate by Coursera
Programme Offerings
Online Course
Shareable Certificate
Flexible Deadlines
Graded Assignments
English Course
10 Subtitles Available
Lectures
videos
Readings
Practice Exercises.
Courses and Certificate Fees
Fees Informations
Certificate Availability
Certificate Providing Authority
INR 4954
yes
Coursera
Bayesian Statistics Fee structure
Head
Amount in INR
Certificate fees
Rs. 4954
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
Having some language knowledge of Spanish, French, English, Russian, Arabic, German, Italian, Portuguese (European), and Vietnamese will prove to be beneficial. Also, having some idea of the other courses in this specialization will be preferable.
Certification Qualifying Details
For the Bayesian Statistics certification by Coursera students should be attending all the quizzes, video lectures, and also reading that is available on the syllabus section.
What you will learn
Statistical skillsR Programming
The candidates from the Bayesian Statistics certification course can learn the following:
They will learn to transform prior probabilities into posterior ones with the use of Bayes’ rule.
Learners will be able to learn the perspective and theory of the Bayesian paradigm.
Candidates will also build models by implementing R programming techniques.
Admission Details
Bayesian Statistics admission process is as follows:
Step 1: Visit the official website: https://www.coursera.org/learn/bayesian
Step 2: Clicking the ‘Enroll for free’ button on the website homepage.
Step 3: On this page, candidates will just have to make a participant account on Coursera.
Step 4: Then participants need to next find out financial aid if they require it after logging into Coursera using the account details made in the previous step.
Step 5: Finally, the above steps complete the admission process.
Application Details
No small or big application form filing is required. Only the candidates have to keep in mind that they need to fill up their details on a signup form on Coursera to get their accounts made.
The Syllabus
Videos
Introduction to Statistics with R
Readings
About Statistics with R Specialization
About Bayesian Statistics
Pre-requisite Knowledge
Special Thanks
Videos
The Basics of Bayesian Statistics
Conditional Probabilities and Bayes' Rule
Bayes' Rule and Diagnostic Testing
Bayes Updating
Bayesian vs. frequentist definitions of probability
Inference for a Proportion: Frequentist Approach
Inference for a Proportion: Bayesian Approach
Effect of Sample Size on the Posterior
Frequentist vs. Bayesian Inference
Videos
The Basics of Bayesian Statistics
Conditional Probabilities and Bayes' Rule
Bayes' Rule and Diagnostic Testing
Bayes Updating
Bayesian vs. frequentist definitions of probability
Inference for a Proportion: Frequentist Approach
Inference for a Proportion: Bayesian Approach
Effect of Sample Size on the Posterior
Frequentist vs. Bayesian Inference
Readings
Module Learning Objectives
About Lab Choices
Week 1 Lab Instructions (RStudio)
Week 1 Lab Instructions (RStudio Cloud)
Practice Exercises
Week 1 Lab
Week 1 Practice Quiz
Week 1 Quiz
Discussion Prompt
Introduce Yourself
Videos
Bayesian Inference
From the Discrete to the Continuous
Elicitation
Conjugacy
Inference on a Binomial Proportion
The Gamma-Poisson Conjugate Families
The Normal-Normal Conjugate Families
Non-Conjugate Priors
Credible Intervals
Predictive Inference
Readings
Module Learning Objectives
Week 2 Lab Instructions (RStudio)
Week 1 Lab Instructions (RStudio Cloud)
Practice Exercises
Week 2 Lab
Week 2 Practice Quiz
Week 2 Quiz
Videos
Decision making
Losses and decision making
Working with loss functions
Minimizing expected loss for hypothesis testing
Posterior probabilities of hypotheses and Bayes factors
The Normal-Gamma Conjugate Family
Inference via Monte Carlo Sampling
Predictive Distributions and Prior Choice
Reference Priors
Mixtures of Conjugate Priors and MCMC
Hypothesis Testing: Normal Mean with Known Variance
Comparing Two Paired Means Using Bayes' Factors
Comparing Two Independent Means: Hypothesis Testing
Comparing Two Independent Means: What to Report?
Readings
Module Learning Objectives
Week 3 Lab Instructions (RStudio)
Week 3 Lab Instructions (RStudio Cloud)
Practice Exercise
Week 3 Lab
Week 3 Practice Quiz
Week 3 Quiz
Videos
Bayesian regression
Bayesian simple linear regression
Checking for outliers
Bayesian multiple regression
Model selection criteria
Bayesian model uncertainty
Bayesian model averaging
Stochastic exploration
Priors for Bayesian model uncertainty
R demo: crime and punishment
Decisions under model uncertainty
Readings
Module Learning Objectives
Week 4 Lab Instructions (RStudio Cloud)
Week 4 Lab Instructions (RStudio Cloud)
Practice Exercises
Week 4 Lab
Week 4 Practice Quiz
Week 4 Quiz
Videos
Bayesian inference: a talk with Jim Berger
Bayesian methods and big data: a talk with David Dunson
Bayesian methods in biostatistics and public health: a talk with Amy Herring
Reading
About this module
Reading
Project information
Instructors
Duke University, Durham Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
1: Is there any prerequisite age requirement from Coursera for this programme?
Coursera does not ask for the participant to be of a particular age for this programme,
2: How many hours of time will be required to be committed for the Bayesian Statistics certification course?
Approximately 35 hours has to be managed by the participants for this programme.
3: Can a specialization be cancelled both from the app and the website of Coursera?
Yes both the mobile application, and the Coursera website support specialization cancellation.
4: How to pause a subscription for the Bayesian Statistics programme?
There isn’t an option for pausing, so the candidates must cancel, and then according to their subscription, and restart all over again.
5: Can all the applicants change their email addresses on Coursera?
Applicants can surely change the email addresses that they have provided for future communication.