Utopians in Clayton County, Iowa

The Winnebago County (Iowa) Meteorites.

An Assessment of Water Quality in Ensign Hollow, Clayton and Fayette Counties, in Northeast Iowa

Controlled Waterfowl Hunting At Lake Odessa, Louisa County, Iowa

A Mid-Wisconsinan Pollen Diagram From Des Moines County, Iowa

Maximum Likelihood Estimation ∗ Clayton

This module introduces the maximum likelihood estimator. We show how the MLE implements the likelihood principle. Methods for computing th MLE are covered. Properties of the MLE are discussed including asymptotic e ciency and invariance under reparameterization. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) is an alternative to the minimum variance unbiased estimator (MVUE). For many estimation proble...