Dr. William M. Bolstad is a Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, Dept. of Statistics, and has 30 years of teaching experience. Dr. Bolstad is the author of Introduction to Bayesian Statistics, 2nd Edition (the course text), and has pioneered the use of Bayesian methods in teaching the first year statistics course.
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Dr. William M. Bolstad
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August 2005
Education
- AB Mathematics, University of Missouri
- MSc Mathematical Statistics, Stanford University
- PhD Statistics, University of Waikato
Areas of Expertise
- Recursive estimation techniques
- Multiprocess dynamic time series models
- Forecasting and control
- Bayesian statistics
- MCMC methods
Publications
- Understanding Computational Bayesian Statistics (John Wiley & Sons, 2010)
- Introduction to Bayesian Statistics: Second Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
- Co-authored, “Sex, drugs, Rock & Roll Survey in a First-Year Service Course in Statistics” The American Statistician, 2001
- Co-authored, “Investigating Child Mortality in Malawi Using Family and Community Random Effects, A Bayesian Analysis” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2001