Helllo
So I had a mini test, for my Inferential Statistics course.
We were given this function f(x)=2πθeθ−x21(x)R,θ>0
And asked to determine the Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the given function. I used the method with the partial derivatives. In which the first partial derivative is equaled to 0 and then we extract the parameter. I had a negative value. Which is absurd since the parameter can't take a negative value.
So I feel like there might be a mistake in the given function, but I am not sure.
I would be grateful if anyone could try and comfort me or prove me wrong in my conclusions.
Thanks.
So I had a mini test, for my Inferential Statistics course.
We were given this function f(x)=2πθeθ−x21(x)R,θ>0
And asked to determine the Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the given function. I used the method with the partial derivatives. In which the first partial derivative is equaled to 0 and then we extract the parameter. I had a negative value. Which is absurd since the parameter can't take a negative value.
So I feel like there might be a mistake in the given function, but I am not sure.
I would be grateful if anyone could try and comfort me or prove me wrong in my conclusions.
Thanks.
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