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Note on some properties of maximum likelihood estimates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. H. Diananda
P. H. Diananda
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius CollegeCambridge
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The properties of (1) consistency and (2) asymptotic normality of maximum likelihood estimates of one unknown parameter, for independent observations, have been discussed rigorously by Cramér ((1), p. 500) and Doob (2). These properties were first stated by Fisher (3).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , October 1949 , pp. 536 - 544
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1949

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