Tag: mle

Interview Questions

• Fisher information, how much a data point tells you
• MLE for a Poisson rate
• MLE for an exponential rate
• MLE for the mean and variance of a normal
• MLE for a uniform upper bound
• MLE for a Bernoulli probability
• Maximum likelihood when some data are censored
• Fitting an exponential, the MLE for a failure rate
• Known mean, unknown spread, MLE for a Gaussian variance
• Trials until the first hit, the geometric MLE
• The MLE of a function is the function of the MLE
• MLE for an exponential rate, and its hidden bias
• MLE for a Poisson mean
• MLE for a uniform's upper endpoint
• MLE of a normal variance when the mean is known
• MLE for a normal distribution's mean and variance
• How many events per minute? MLE for a Poisson rate
• The German tank problem
• MLE of a shifted exponential threshold
• Estimating both ends of a uniform
• The MSE-optimal scaling of the sample max
• The biased MLE of Uniform(0, θ)
• When maximum likelihood and method of moments disagree
• Why the score function averages to zero