Biopharmaceutical Section
Web-based Training Series

Registration Fees:
Member of the Biopharmaceutical Section: $44
ASA Member: $59
Nonmember: $74

Each registration is allowed one web connection and one audio connection. The Biopharmaceutical Section encourages multiple persons to view each registered connection (for example, by projecting the webinar in a conference room).

Current Offerings:

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The next webinar in this series:

Bayes and R
Jim Albert (Bowling Green State University)
Friday, December 16, noon - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December 14

Abstract

We give an overview of Bayesian computational methods using R. In several examples, we illustrate summarizing posteriors by normal approximations and MCMC Metropolis-Hastings random walk algorithms. Posterior predictive checking is a good general-purpose method of assessing model fit. We illustrate using the LearnBayes and MCMCpack R packages and discuss R interfaces to the Openbugs software.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Registered attendees will be emailed the access information for the webinar on Wednesday, December 14.

Presentation Slides

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About Webinars

A webinar is a seminar which is conducted over the World Wide Web. It is a type of web conferencing. In contrast to a Webcast, which is transmission of information in one direction only, webinars are designed to be interactive between the presenter and audience. A webinar is 'live' in the sense that information is conveyed according to an agenda, with a starting and ending time. In the case of the Biopharmaceutical Section Webinar Series, the presenter speaks over a standard telephone line, pointing out information being presented on screen. The audience receives the audio of the presentation via telephone call-in number of audio streaming over the internet. The audience can respond via a chat feature. The word 'webinar' is a blend of web and seminar.

Attendee User Guide

System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 2000 to present, Macintosh OSX, Linux Redhat
Browser: Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5+, Firefox 2.0+, Opera 9.0+, Mozilla 1.71+, Safari 3.1
Other: Events with streaming audio or video require Macromedia Flash 8.0+
Hardware: 56Kbps Internet access. Speakers or headphones and cable modem, DSL, ISDN, or equivalent broadband needed to receive audio/video streaming (128K minimum).

*Opera browser will not allow access to the Question and Answer feature of the console.

More information on the Web-based training program can be found at the biopharmaceutical network's web site.

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