Anastasi Lecture 2019
The Bayesian Revolution, And Why You Should Care
David Kaplan, Ph.D.
Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Tuesday October 29 | 5:30 p.m.
12th-floor Lounge | Lowenstein Center | Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus | 30 West 60th Street | New York, NY 10023
Bayesian statistics has long been overlooked in the training of social and behavioral scientists. Bayesian statistics were considered controversial and, until recently, it was not feasible to conduct Bayesian statistical modeling because of its complexity and lack of software. Recently, there has been great interest in the application of Bayesian methods, due to the availability of powerful (and free) statistical software tools that now make it possible to estimate simple or complex models. This talk provides a conceptual introduction to Bayesian statistics with a focus on its advantages over conventional statistics, particularly with respect to characterizing uncertainty and addressing the so-called “p-value problem”.
Dr. David Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Kaplan holds affiliate appointments in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Population Health Sciences and the Center for Demography and Ecology. Dr. Kaplan is a Research Fellow of the German Institute for International Educational Research and is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education, a recipient of the Samuel J. Messick Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from Division 5 of the American Psychological Association, Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 5), a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award, and was a Jeanne Griffith Fellow at the National Center for Education Statistics. Dr. Kaplan received his Ph.D. in education from UCLA in 1987.
Drs. David Budescu and David Kaplan at the Anastasi Lecture 2019
Dr. David Kaplan's talk at the Anastasi Lecture 2019