# Maximum likelihood estimation from a density

> ML Prep practice item.

- Stable ID: `mit-18-05-s2022-exam2-ii1`
- Collection: practice
- Area: Mathematics
- Topic: Statistics
- Origin: external
- Difficulty: medium
- Expected time: 12 minutes
- Skills: likelihood, maximum-likelihood
- Item JSON: https://mlprep.iwase.dev/item/mit-18-05-s2022-exam2-ii1.json

- Source: MIT 18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Document: Exam 2
- Locator: Question II.1, page 6
- Original problem: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-05-introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-spring-2022/resources/mit18_05_s22_exam02_pdf/
- Official answer: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-05-introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-spring-2022/resources/mit18_05_s22_exam02_sol_pdf/
- Answer status: official-solution


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