Bayesian Estimation

Inference, estimation, and decision-making from data

MLE asks "which single θ best explains the data?" Bayesian estimation asks a richer question: "given the data, what is my full belief about θ?" Instead of one number, you get a whole distribution, and you can fold in what you knew beforehand.

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