Searching through the Current Index to Statistics

2007-02-15

I wanted to search for any recent references about teaching Bayesian statistics. The American Statistical Association has a nice resource for its members, the Current Index to Statistics (CIS). I ran a search for bayes%+teach% in the Keyword/Title field and found 61 references. Notice that CIS uses the % symbol as a wildcard rather than the * symbol.

Gönen, Mithat, Johnson, Wesley O., Lu, Yonggang and Westfall, Peter H. (2005). The Bayesian two-sample T test. The American Statistician, 59, 252-257. Keywords: Bayes factor; Posterior probability; Prior elicitation; teaching bayesian statistics

Rubin, Donald B. (2004). Teaching statistical inference for causal effects in experiments and observational studies. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 29, 343-367. Keywords: Bayes; Causal inference; Fisher; Neyman; Noncompliance; Rubin’s causal model

Thum, Yeow Meng (2003). Measuring progress toward a goal: Estimating teacher productivity using a multivariate multilevel model for value-added analysis. Sociological Methods & Research, 32, 153-207. Keywords: accountability models; Bayesian effect size; covariate adjustment; gain score; Markov chain Monte Carlo; multivariate multilevel modeling

Stangl, Dalene (2003). Do’s and don’ts of teaching Bayesian methods to healthcare professionals. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 4034-4038. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: JSM; Section on Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences; Teaching; Bayesian; Health statistics; Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences

Giurgescu, Patricia (2003). A Bayesian bridge between probability and fuzziness. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 1613-1625. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: JSM; Section on Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences; ; Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences

Stangl, Dalene (2002). Bayesian education at many levels. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 3330-3333. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Teaching; Mapping; Case studies; Section on Bayesian Statistical Science; JSM

Stangl, Dalene (2002). Explaining ‘Bayesian’ to clinicians: what should they know?. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 3334-3335. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Case studies; Teaching; Gusto; Section on Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences; JSM

Stangl, Dalene K. (2001). A case study for teaching Bayesian methods. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, -. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA)

Albert, Jim (2000). Using a sample survey project to assess the teaching of statistical inference. Journal of Statistics Education, 8, 1-1. Keywords: Bayesian inference; Interval estimation; Prior distributions; proportion inference

Hille, J. W. (2000). A Bayesian look at the jury system. A Mathematical Spectrum Miscellany: Selections from Mathematical Spectrum, 1967-1994, 191-193. Sharpe, D. W. and Gani, J.. Applied Probability Trust (Sheffield). Keywords: Bayes theorem; teaching statistics

Rubin, Donald B. (1999). Teaching causal inference in experiments and observational studies. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, the Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, and Section on Statistical Consulting, 118-123. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Bayesian inference

Gelman, Andrew (1998). Some class-participation demonstrations for decision theory and Bayesian statistics. The American Statistician, 52, 167-174. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Expected value; Calibration; Teaching; Probability; Utility

Berry, Donald A. (1997). Teaching elementary Bayesian statistics with real applications in science (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 241-246. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Bayesian statistics; Statistics as learning; Statistics and science; Teaching elementary statistics

Albert, Jim (1997). Teaching Bayes' rule: A data-oriented approach (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 247-253. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Bayes' box; Two-way tables; Conditional probability; Quantitative literacy; Scatterplot; Simulation

Moore, David S. (1997). Bayes for beginners? Some reasons to hesitate (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 254-261. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Bayesian methods; statistical education; Teaching

Witmer, Jeffrey A. (1997). Comment on three related papers on teaching elementary Bayesian statistics (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 262-263. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Short, Thomas H. (1997). Comment on three related papers on teaching elementary Bayesian statistics (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 263-264. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Lindley, D. V. (1997). Comment on three related papers on teaching elementary Bayesian statistics (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 265-266. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Freedman, David A. (1997). Comment on three related papers on teaching elementary Bayesian statistics (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 266-268. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Scheaffer, Richard L. (1997). Comment on three related papers on teaching elementary Bayesian statistics (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 268-270. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Berry, Donald A. (1997). Reply to comments on Teaching elementary Bayesian statistics with real applications in science'' (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 270-271. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Albert, Jim (1997). Reply to comments on Teaching Bayes' rule: A data-oriented approach'' (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 271-272. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Moore, David S. (1997). Reply to comments on Bayes for beginners? Some reasons to hesitate'' (Pkg: p241-274). The American Statistician, 51, 272-274. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Kulldorff, Martin (1997). Teaching the foundations of statistics: A helpful figure. Inter-Stat (London), 7, 1-6. Keywords: Statistics education; Model building; Modelling; Statistical inference; Bayesian statistics; Decision theory

Moore, D. S. (1997). Bayes for beginners? Some pedagogical questions (STMA V39 5361). Advances in Statistical Decision Theory and Applications, 3-17. Panchapakesan, S. (ed.) and Balakrishnan, N. (ed.). Birkh?¤user Verlag (Basel; Cambridge, MA). Keywords: Teaching

Albert, Jim (1995). Teaching inference about proportions using Bayes and discrete models. Journal of Statistics Education, 3, 1-1. Keywords: Baseball; Bayes' rule; Conditional probability; prediction; Prior distribution

Yu, Philip L. H. (1994). A simple statistical project: Image reconstruction (Corr: 94V48 p354). The American Statistician, 48, 30-34. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Curriculum; Bayes theorem; Entropy; Posterior probability; Prior distribution

Gasparini, Mauro (1994). Using the S system to teach Bayesian statistics (Italian). Statistica Applicata, 6, 449-470. Keywords: Software

Albert, James H. (1993). Teaching Bayesian statistics using sampling methods and MINITAB. The American Statistician, 47, 182-191. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Pedagogy; Importance sampling; Exploratory data analysis

Marriott, John M. and Naylor, John C. (1993). Teaching Bayes on MINITAB. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C: Applied Statistics, 42, 223-232. Keywords: Computing

Katti, S. K. and Betne, Prabha (1993). Application of Bayesian methods in grading – An addition to the grading on the curve. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 85-90. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Teaching

Poirier, Dale J. (1993). Teaching comparative statistics and econometrics. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 102-109. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Bayesian approach

Lavine, Michael and Parmigiani, Giovanni (1993). Introducing Bayesian statistics to undergraduates: A transitional approach. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 146-149. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Teaching

Slotnick, H. B. (1993). Teaching Bayes' theorem using paper dolls. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, 127-131. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA)

Christensen, Ronald and Utts, Jessica (1992). Bayesian resolution of the exchange paradox (C/R: 93V47 p160; 93V47 p311; Com: 94V48 p267 [sic!]). The American Statistician, 46, 274-276. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Symmetry; Prior distribution

Florens, J. P. and Mouchart, Michel (1991). Teaching Bayesian statistics: From economic to statistical rationality. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics. Volume 2: Teaching Statistics Beyond the School Level, 313-320. Vere-Jones, David (ed.). International Statistical Institute (Voorburg, The Netherlands)

Jarrell, Stephen (1990). A Bayesian revision index: An aid for interpretation and verification of solutions for introductory statistics classes. Mathematics and Computer Education, 24, 148-153. Keywords: Teaching

Hardin, J. Michael and Woolley, Thomas W. (1990). A rationale for teaching the Bayes/Neyman-Pearson compromise in introductory biostatistics. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, 200-205. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA)

Franck, Wallace E., Hewett, John E., Islam, Mohammed Z., Wang, Sue Jane and Cooperstock, Michael (1988). A Bayesian analysis suitable for classroom presentation. The American Statistician, 42, 75-77. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Pedagogy; Prior distribution; Beta distribution

Bickel, P. J. and Mallows, C. L. (1988). A note on unbiased Bayes estimates. The American Statistician, 42, 132-134. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Counterexample; Improper prior

Gruppen, Larry D., Wolf, Fredric M. and Billi, John E. (1988). Statistical training in the use of Bayes' theorem in clinical diagnosis. ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, 206-211. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA). Keywords: Teaching

Barnard, George A. (1988). The future of statistics: Teaching and research. Bayesian Statistics 3, 17-24. Bernardo, J. M. (ed.), DeGroot, M. H. (ed.), Lindley, D. V. (ed.) and Smith, A. F. M. (ed.). Clarendon Press [Oxford University Press] (Oxford). Keywords: History; Bayesian inference

Kahn, William D. (1987). A cautionary note for Bayesian estimation of the binomial parameter $n$ (Com: 87V41 p338). The American Statistician, 41, 38-40. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Improper prior

Meeden, Glen (1987). Estimation when using a statistic that is not sufficient. The American Statistician, 41, 135-136. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Minimum variance unbiased estimation; Bayes estimation

Salop, Steven C. (1987). Evaluating uncertain evidence with Sir Thomas Bayes: A note for teachers. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1, 155-160

Bolland, Thomas W. (1985). The use of the expected-net-gain chart to illustrate various aspects of sampling and sample design. The American Statistician, 39, 47-52. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Bayesian decision analysis; Graphics

Lewes, Fred (1984). Exeter bastards. Teaching Statistics, 6, 53-54. Keywords: Teaching; Inference; Bayesian

Wood, M. (1984). Making the idea of significance easier to understand. Teaching Statistics, 6, 57-59. Keywords: Teaching; Bayesian; Decision-making

Dowie, Jack (1984). Anyone for a Bayesian Wimbledon?. Teaching Statistics, 6, 66-71. Keywords: Teaching; Sports; Subjective probability

Dahl, Henrik (1984). A game for teaching estimation. Teaching Statistics, 6, 77-78. Keywords: Bayes estimator; Mean square error

Louis, Thomas A. (1981). Confidence intervals for a binomial parameter after observing no successes. The American Statistician, 35, 154-154. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Subjective beliefs; Bayesian inference

Paul, Jerome L. (1981). A Bayes theorem urn model optimization problem. The American Statistician, 35, 247-249. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Aitchison, John and Bacon-Shone, John (1981). Bayesian risk ratio analysis. The American Statistician, 35, 254-257. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Sensitivity analysis

Watson, Jane M. (1978). A current event for the mathematics classroom. The Mathematics Teacher, 71, 658-663. Keywords: Teaching; Conditional probability; Bayes; Screening tests

Rosenberg, W. J. and Deely, J. J. (1976). The horse-racing problem: A Bayesian approach. The American Statistician, 30, 26-29. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Estimate of population size

Evans, I. G., Jones, D. A. and Owen, R. J. (1976). Relative frequency interpretation of Bayesian predictive distributions. The American Statistician, 30, 145-145. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Novick, Melvin R. (1975). A course in Bayesian statistics (Com: p98-101). The American Statistician, 29, 94-98. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Curriculum

Diamond, James J. (1975). Comments on A course in Bayesian statistics'' (p94-98). The American Statistician, 29, 98-99. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Light, Richard J. (1975). Comments on A course in Bayesian statistics'' (p94-98). The American Statistician, 29, 99-101. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner

Aitchison, John (1971). A geometrical version of Bayes' theorem. The American Statistician, 25, 45-46. Keywords: Teacher’s Corner; Pedagogy

Lindley, D. V. (1970). A non-frequentist view of probability and statistics. The Teaching of Probability & Statistics - Proceedings of the First CSMP International Conference, 209-222. Råde, Lennart (ed.) and Rade, Lennart (ed.). Almquist & Wiksell Periodical Co (Stockholm). Keywords: Bayesian approach; teaching probability and statistics.

It took a bit of effort to turn the output from CIS into a form that was readable by my web editor, FrontPage. I had to use some regular expressions to clean up some of the line breaks. It was a reversal of the process described in

The CIS allows you to combine searches using boolean operators (AND, OR), but I could not get this to work properly. I also wanted to review any article with the word Bayes published in 2005 or later. There is a separate filed for restricting the year of the search. This produced over 600 articles, most of which did not appear to be pedagogical.

You can find an earlier version of this page on my original website.