From published reviews of the first edition: `anyone with the requisite background and the slightest interest in Bayesian methods would benefit from reading it.' - T. Fearn, University College London, in Biometrics, September 1996. `a tour de force . . . it is far more than an introductory text, and could act as a companion for a working scientist from undergraduate level through to professional life.' - Robert Matthews, Aston University, in New Scientist, 28 September 1996. `It will be the first volume I reach for when I need to perform Bayesian data analysis in my applied research.' - Kim-Anh Do, University of Queensland and Queensland Institute for Medical Research, in the Australian Journal of Statistics, vol. 38 no. 1. `an excellent teaching reference for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses . . . This is not the only Bayesian text you will ever need, but next time someone asks me to recommend a book on practical Bayesian methods, I know which one I will suggest!' - Nicky Best, Imperial College School of Medicine, in Statistics in Medicine, 15 October 1996. `an essential reference text for any applied statistician' - Stephen Brooks, University of Cambridge, in The Statistician, vol. 45 no. 2, 1996. `a valuable contribution to Bayesian inference' - Reinhard Viertl, Institut fur Statistik und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Wien, in Statistics and Decisions, vol. 14, 1996. `will contribute to closing the gap between scientists and statisticians' - Sander Greenland, UCLA, in American Journal of Epdemiology, 1997. `een goed en duidelijk leesbaar boek geschreven voor zowel de beginner als voor de gevorderde in de Bayesiaanse analyse.' - H. K. van Dijk, Tinbergen Instituut Rotterdam, in Kwantitatieve Methoden, vol. 56, October, 1997.