PRELIMINARIES .VARIANCES BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR THE NORMAL DISTINATION. SOME OTHER COMMON DISTRIBUTIONS .HYPOTHESIS TESTING . TWO SAMPLE PROBLEMS . CORRELATION, REGRESSION AND THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. OTHER TOPICS LIKELIHOOD PRINCIPLES. BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY . HIERARCHICAL MODELS. THE GIBBS SAMPLER AND OTHER NUMERICAL METHODS.SOME APPROXIMATE METHODS. . COMMON STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS