Which of the Following Statements Are Not True?
A) Maximizing $\sigma$

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements are not true?

• A) Maximizing the likelihood function gives the parameter values for which the observed sample is most likely to have been generated---that is, the parameter values that "agree most likely" with the observed data.
• B) Different principles of estimation may yield different estimators of the unknown parameters.
• C) The maximum likelihood estimator of the population standard deviation \(\sigma\)
• Is the sample standard deviation S.
• D) None of the above statements are true.

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