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maximum likelihood estimation

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noun

Statistics.

  1. a method of estimating population characteristics from a sample by choosing the values of the parameters that will maximize the probability of getting the particular sample actually obtained from the population.

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It has been widely adopted where fully specifying and solving a model of a complex economic environment makes maximum likelihood estimation unwieldy.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 14, 2013

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