Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Methods

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Explore the use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods in Bayesian statistics, including Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, Gibbs sampling, and how MCMC helps in sampling from complex posterior distributions.

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