(Requires Advanced Material)Maximum Likelihood Estimation Yields the Values of the Coefficients

question 33

Multiple Choice

(Requires advanced material) Maximum likelihood estimation yields the values of the coefficients that

• A)minimize the sum of squared prediction errors.
• B)maximize the likelihood function.
• C)come from a probability distribution and hence have to be positive.
• D)are typically larger than those from OLS estimation.

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