If you want to study up on Bayesian stats, I’d recommend Bayesian Data Analysis, 2nd ed by Gelman et. al over Jaynes’s opus. There aren’t enough problem sets in PT:LOS, and the problems aren’t very relevant to the actual practice of Bayesian statistics.
Thanks. Right now, though, I’m constrained by the books I currently have. I just don’t have ~$50 to spend on an extra textbook. On the other hand, how does the first edition compare to the second? It’s at about $20 on amazon, which I may be able to do.
If you want to study up on Bayesian stats, I’d recommend Bayesian Data Analysis, 2nd ed by Gelman et. al over Jaynes’s opus. There aren’t enough problem sets in PT:LOS, and the problems aren’t very relevant to the actual practice of Bayesian statistics.
Thanks. Right now, though, I’m constrained by the books I currently have. I just don’t have ~$50 to spend on an extra textbook. On the other hand, how does the first edition compare to the second? It’s at about $20 on amazon, which I may be able to do.
The Leatherby Library at Chapman University has a copy of the second edition (link). You’re going to be there in 8 days, right?
Wow, I didn’t even think to check their library and I’m the one who’s going to be there in 8 days. Thanks.