Bolstad William M., Curran James M. Introduction to Bayesian statistics

Third Edition. — Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2017. — 602 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-09315-8.Our original goal for this book was to introduce Bayesian statistics at the earliest possible stage to students with a reasonable mathematical background. This entailed coverage of a similar range of topics as an introductory statistics text, but from a Bayesian perspective. The emphasis is on statistical inference. We wanted to show how Bayesian methods can be used for inference and how they compare favorably with the frequentist alternatives. This book is meant to be a good place to start the study of Bayesian statistics. From the many positive comments we have received from many users, we think the book succeeded in its goal. A course based on this goal would include Chapters 1-14.