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maximum likelihood
noun
Definition of MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
: a statistical method for estimating population parameters (as the mean and variance) from sample data that selects as estimates those parameter values maximizing the probability of obtaining the observed data
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First Known Use of MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
1922
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