LIKELIHOODFUNCTION
Likelihood function
In statistics, a likelihood function is a function of the parameters of a statistical model. The likelihood of a set of parameter values, θ, given outcomes x, is equal to the probability of those observed outcomes given those parameter values, that is <math>\mathcal{L} = P</math>.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Likelihood function
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