Maximum Likelihood Estimation

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What is the core idea behind maximum likelihood estimation (MLE)?

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Choose parameters that minimize the sum of squared residuals Choose parameters that maximize the probability of the observed data under the assumed model Choose parameters that maximize the posterior probability given a prior Choose parameters that minimize the Bayesian information criterion

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Maximum Likelihood Estimation

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