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<div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span>Prezados Colegas,</p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p>No dia 20/07 teremos a 2a edicao do Webinar organizado pelo <a href="https://community.amstat.org/committeeoninternationalrelationsinstatistics/home">CIRS-ASA</a> e <a href="https://www.statisticswithoutborders.org/">SWB</a>. <br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Agradeco se puderem divulgar o evento entre seus contatos.</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">O anuncio formal segue abaixo.</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Muito obrigada!</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Alexandra<br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>The <i>Committee on International Relations in Statistics (CIRS-ASA) from the American Statistical Association (ASA)</i> <span> </span>and <i>Statistics Without Borders</i>
(SWB) are organizing a bi-monthly Webinar Series that will cover
different topics in Statistics. The goal is to give the opportunity to
people based on different corners of the world to come together and
learn some introductory material about interesting statistical topics. </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>The second edition will be held on July 20th. Details follow below. <br aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><i><span> </span></i></b><span> <br></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">July 20 2022, 12 PM EDT</span></b><span> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal gmail-x_elementToProof" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">An Introduction to Bayesian Inference</span></b><span> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span>Shirin Golchi, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University</span></b><span> <br aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><br aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This
webinar will provide an introduction to basic concepts in Bayesian
inference. Topics that will be covered include estimation and hypothesis
testing under the Bayesian paradigm, prior specification as well as an
introduction to Bayesian computation. The workshop will include hands on
examples of parametric inference in R using R-packages that rely on
Stan (rstanarm and brms). </p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At the end of this webinar participants will be able to: </p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">• Specify simple Bayesian models (including priors); </p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">• Make Bayesian inference in single parameter models; </p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">• Fit linear and generalized linear models using rstanarm or brms. </p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The event is <b>free</b>, but registration is required. Register <a href="https://amstat.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mHusGz5HScyCRL6nIpQs7A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </span><br aria-hidden="true"></div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br aria-hidden="true"></div></div>
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