Post on 11-Jan-2016
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Lyrics: Brad CarlinMusic: Neil Diamond/The Monkees/Smashmouth
I thought inference was just a fairy tale,
Confused by stats and probability.
Frequentist approachesmade no sense to me.
Summarizing evidence by p?!
Then I saw Tom BayesNow I'm a Believer!
Without a traceof doubt in my mind!
I’m a Bayesian!Oh, I’m a believer,
I couldn’t p now if I tried!
I thought likelihood was just
the only thing.
Turn the crank andget the MLE.
What's the use of thinking? Disconnect your brain.
Play along and minimize the pain.
MLE!
Then I saw Tom BayesNow I'm a Believer!
Without a traceof doubt in my mind!
I’m a Bayesian!Oh, I’m a believer,
I couldn’t p now if I tried!
GIVE IT UP FOR DON HEDEKER!!
SAS was out to get me. That's the way it seemed.
Fixed effects and forced normality!
Then I saw Tom BayesNow I'm a Believer!
Without a traceof doubt in my mind!
I’m a Bayesian!Oh, I’m a believer,
I couldn’t p now if I tried!
Then I saw Tom BayesNow I'm a Believer!
Without a traceof doubt in my mind!
Oh, I’m a believer, yeah, yeah
I’m a believer!
Bayes Rules!