O'Hagan, Anthony.

Prior distributions [electronic resource] / Tony O'Hagan. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (42 min.) : color, sound). - Bayesian methods in health economics : a short course, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Bayesian methods in health economics. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: An important component of the Bayesian approach is its use of prior information in addition to the data -- Requires the formulation of prior information as a prior probability distribution -- Ways of specifying prior distributions -- Weak prior distributions -- Informative prior distributions -- Elicitation of expert knowledge and hierarchical modeling -- Psychological biases to be avoided -- Good elicitation practice -- Case study in drug development.

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