Consider the Poisson distribution with parameter d. We have a random sample of size n, i.e., {x1,x2, ..., xn} . Show that the Maximum Likelihood estimator of A is the sample mean.

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Consider the Poisson distribution with parameter d. We have a random
sample of size n, i.e., {x1,x2, ..., xn} . Show that the Maximum Likelihood estimator of
A is the sample mean.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the Poisson distribution with parameter d. We have a random sample of size n, i.e., {x1,x2, ..., xn} . Show that the Maximum Likelihood estimator of A is the sample mean.
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