Books

At present, all of my books share a similar format and goal. I am a fan of applied Bayesian statistics. In recent years, scholars have released user-friendly Bayesian software packages and have published reasonably-accessible introductory books on applied Bayesian analysis. These have been boons for us all.

In my experience, Bayesian methods are easiest to use within the R computing environment by way of Paul Bürkner’s brms package. At present, very few textbooks showcase how to use brms for applied Bayesian data analysis. My books are an effort to fill that content gap and to make the powerful techniques afforded by the Bayesian paradigm even more accessible to applied researchers. In addition, I make heavy use of the collection of R packages known as the tidyverse when manipulating and visualizing my data.

I make periodic updates to these books, which are reflected in their version numbers. These resources are now and will always be freely available to all. In all cases, however, these should be considered as supplements to the original source materials.

Here’s the list:

Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis in brms and the tidyverse, version 0.0.3

This is a translation of the examples and figures from Singer and Willett’s classic Applied longitudinal data analysis: Modeling change and event occurrence.

  • You can find my ebook at https://bookdown.org/content/4253/
  • You can find information about the original book by Singer and Willett here.
  • ⚠️ This project is in the very early stages. Beware of typos, mistakes, and other unsightly blemishes.

Doing Bayesian data analysis in brms and the tidyverse, version 1.1.0

This is a translation of the code from the second edition of John K. Kruschke’s Doing Bayesian Data Analysis.

Recoding Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis, version 1.3.0

This is a translation of the code from the second edition of Andrew F. Hayes’s Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis.

Statistical rethinking with brms, ggplot2, and the tidyverse, version 1.3.0

This is a translation of the code from the first edition of Richard McElreath’s Statistical rethinking.

Statistical rethinking with brms, ggplot2, and the tidyverse: Second edition, version 0.4.0

This is a translation of the code from the second edition of Richard McElreath’s Statistical rethinking.