Definition: Maximum likelihood (ML)

Category: Memobust Glossary

Method to estimate a parameter of a probability distribution. More specifically it is the value that maximizes the likelihood function. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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