An introduction to importance sampling
Ben Lambert
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This channel is intended to provide a detailed explanation of the majority of undergraduate & graduate courses in econometrics, with as much emphasis as possible on intuition & examples rather than hardcore mathematics. The undergraduate course in particular which I provide does not use any linear algebra in the given derivations. The graduate course extends the undergraduate course by covering the same topics more completely using matrix algebra, and going into the asymptotic behaviour of estimators in more depth. Recently, I have published a book on Bayesian inference and include here a video series on this topic.
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This video explains what is meant by importance sampling, and how this method can be used to provide estimates of a distribution's characteristics, even if we are unable to sample from that distribution. This video is part of a lecture course which closely follows the material covered in the book, "A Student's Guide to Bayesian Statistics", published by Sage, which is available to order on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Students-Guide-Bayesian-Statistics/dp/1473916364 For more information on all things Bayesian, have a look at: https://ben-lambert.com/bayesian/. The playlist for the lecture course is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwJRxp3blEvZ8AKMXOy0fc0cqT61GsKCG&disable_polymer=true
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