Has somebody read the book and can let us know how it compares to similar books? Would you recommend it as an introduction to topic?
I've always heard that it's a bit on the dry side of things, but haven't actually read it myself.
I've always heard that it's a bit on the dry side of things, but haven't actually read it myself.
If you want something less technical then read Gelman and Hill 'Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models', which is also great. More for scientists than statisticians, I'd say.
No. I would not recommend it unless you have a strong foundation in statistic.
If you want an introduction, I like "Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial with R and BUGS" by John K. Kruschke. It's basically the Bayesian intro statistic version of Wackerly's statistic book (frequentist).