Improving maximum likelihood estimation using prior probabilities: A tutorial on maximum a posteriori estimation and an examination of the weibull distribution
This tutorial describes a parameter estimation technique that is little-known in social sciences, namely maximum a posteriori estimation. This technique can be used in conjunction with prior knowledge to improve maximumlikelihood estimation of the best-fitting parameters of a data set. The estimates...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université d'Ottawa
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tqmp.org/Content/vol09-2/p061/p061.pdf |