Maximum Likelihood Estimator

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Statistical Estimator
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MLE
gptkbp:appliesTo Parametric Models
gptkbp:basedOn Likelihood Function
gptkbp:category Frequentist Statistics
Point Estimator
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Method_of_Moments
Bayesian Estimator
gptkbp:form argmax_theta L(theta; x)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maximum Likelihood Estimator
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Ronald_Fisher
gptkbp:introducedIn 1922
gptkbp:limitation May Not Exist or Be Unique
May be Biased for Small Samples
Sensitive to Model Misspecification
gptkbp:property Efficiency
Consistency
Asymptotic Normality
Invariance
gptkbp:relatedTo Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Bayesian Estimator
gptkbp:requires Likelihood Function
gptkbp:usedFor Hypothesis Testing
Parameter Estimation
Model Selection
Estimating Distribution Parameters
Fitting Statistical Models
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Machine_Learning
Statistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Best_Linear_Unbiased_Estimator
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8