Probability and Likelihood

This week we will be discussing probability and likelihood in R. The in class materials can be downloaded here.

Topics Covered

1. Probability distributions in R
   • Probability distribution commands
   • Generating samples from probability distributions
2. Calculating Likelihoods
   • Calculating likelihoods for linear models
   • Finding the MLE
3. Interpreting Likelihood results
   • Generating random data samples
   • Fitting models to random data
   • Testing MLE limits of lm() function in R

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