Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan

Preface to the Second Edition Preface Audience Teaching strategy How to use this book Installing the rethinking R package Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Golem of Prague Statistical golems Statistical rethinking Tools for golem engineering Summary Chapter 2. Small Worlds and Large Worlds The garden of forking data Building a model Components of the model Making the model go Summary Practice Chapter 3. Sampling the Imaginary Sampling from a grid-appromate posterior Sampling to summarize Sampling to simulate prediction Summary Practice Chapter 4. Geocentric Models Why normal distributions are normal A language for describing models Gaussian model of height Linear prediction Curves from lines Summary Practice…