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This page provides helpful information about many coursework units offered by Computer Science and Software Engineering in 2023.

The information here is not official - for official information please see the current UWA Handbook. Instead, it will help students to prepare for their future units, before the beginning of each semester, and before they have access to UWA's Learning Management System (LMS).

About the unit STAT3405 Introduction to Bayesian Computing and Statistics (2nd semester 2023)

View the UWA Handbook entry (includes unit outcomes and prerequisites)

Unit description:

This unit introduces fundamental concepts of Bayesian statistics and illustrates how to apply them to various areas of scientific research. Probabilistic programming languages (WinBugs, JAGS and/or Stan) are introduced, and their interfaces to the statistical computing and graphics environment R are discussed. These languages are used, either directly or via their R interface, to fit statistical models within a Bayesian framework to real-world examples from many disciplines such as engineering, science (e.g. agricultural, biological, environmental, medical and physical), social sciences, economics, finance and astronomy.

Unit outcomes:

Students are able to (1) understand basic concepts of Bayesian statistics; (2) fit Bayesian models to their data using modern probabilistic programming languages; (3) critically assess fitted models; and (4) interpret and communicate results of Bayesian data analyses.

Unit coordinator:

Assoc. Prof. Berwin Turlach
[email protected]

Unit homepage:

UWA's Learning Management System

Unit is offered in these majors and courses:

Indicative weekly topics:

week 1	Probability theory
week 2	Probability theory
week 3	One parameter models
week 4	One parameter models
week 5	One and multiparameter models
week 6	Priors and regression models
week 7	Graphical models and posterior predictive distribution
week 8	Regression and posterior predictive checks
week 9	Regression models
week 10	Generalised linear models
week 11	Hierarchical modelling
week 12	Hierarchical modelling

Indicative assessment:

Computer Labs, Assignments, Take Home Exam

Operating system(s) used in this unit:

Different units will use different operating systems for their teaching - for in-class examples, laboratory exercises, and programming projects.
If an operating system is REQUIRED, it will be used when marking assessments.

ANY reasonable platform

This information last updated 6:45pm Thu 20th Apr 2023

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