BayesBATS: a program for advancing Bayesian thinking in STEM education

Oregon Convention Center 

Bayesian statistics has evolved from a small sub-field to a major area of statistics and Bayesian methods are increasingly adopted in both academia and industry. However, the exposure to Bayesian statistics of undergraduate students in many STEM fields is still very limited. I give an overview of BayesBATS, an NSF-supported program aimed at training educators across a range of US institutions to enable them to introduce Bayesian methods in their curriculum. I will describe the program's activities and report on the experience of its first cohort.