Likelihood Analysis Task

A Likelihood Analysis Task is a statistical analysis task that is based on the likelihood principle.

• Example(s)
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation Task.
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• Counter-Example(s)
  • Maximum Entropy Estimation Task.
• See: Likelihood Function, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Prior Probability, Posterior Probability, Hypothesis Test.

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References

2003

• (Nature, 2003) ⇒ http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v4/n9/glossary/nrg1155_glossary.html
  • LIKELIHOOD ANALYSES A statistical method that calculates the probability of the observed data under varying hypotheses, to estimate model parameters that best explain the observed data and determine the relative strengths of alternative hypotheses.

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