Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences, First Edition

*Translational book: a reference and text that makes developments in Bayesian methods accessible to social science researchers. *Helps social scientists better examine the predictive quality of proposed models by incorporating prior knowledge. *Includes worked-through examples from large, publicly accessible datasets, which are built on throughout the book. *Uses open-source R software programs, such as MCMCpack and JAGS; readers do not have to master the R language. *Online supplement: companion website provides R programs used in the book, plus data and code for the book's examples.