query: In maximum likelihood estimation, can you maximize $p(x|\theta)$ rather than $L(\theta)$?
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positive_passages.text: What is the difference between "likelihood" and "probability"?
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negative_passages.text: Validity of maximising log-likelihood for maximum likelihood estimation
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negative_passages.text: Obtaining a level-$\alpha$ likelihood ratio test for $H_0: \theta = \theta_0$ vs. $H_1: \theta \neq \theta_0$ for $f_\theta (x) = \theta x^{\theta-1}$
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negative_passages.text: Expected Value of Local Maxima and Local Minima
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negative_passages.text: General theorems for consistency and asymptotic normality of maximum likelihood
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negative_passages.text: Why does the maximum/minimum of linear programming occurs at a vertex?
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negative_passages.text: Convergence in Distribution of the maximum of a sequence.
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negative_passages.text: $P(X_1 < \min(X_i,\ldots, X_n))$ across different normal random variables
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negative_passages.text: MLE of uniform distribution on the interval $[\theta − \frac{1}{2}, \theta + \frac{1}{2}]$
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negative_passages.text: Maximum likelihood estimator is sample mean or minimum ordered statistic?
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negative_passages.text: Maximum Likelihood Estimator for $\theta$ when $X_1,\dots, X_n \sim U(-\theta,\theta)$
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negative_passages.text: Why does the median minimize $E(|X-c|)$?
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negative_passages.text: $N(\theta,\theta)$: MLE for a Normal where mean=variance
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negative_passages.text: Confusion about Maximum likelihood estimation
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negative_passages.text: Metropolis Hastings proposal for one parameter restricted to less than the other
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negative_passages.text: If X is a Geometric random variable with parameter p, find p that maximizes P(X=k)
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negative_passages.text: Estimator for $\theta$ using the method of moments