Fitting Continuous Models to Data via Maximum Likelihood

We explain how to fit continuous parametric models using the method of maximum likelihood. We then demonstrate this approach by fitting exponential and Gaussian models to two real-world datasets. Probability and statistics book: https://a.co/d/7k259eb Website with free preprint, videos, slides and solutions to exercises: https://www.ps4ds.net Slides for this video: https://github.com/cfgranda/ps4ds/blob/main/slides/continuous%20variables/maximum_likelihood_continuous_models_handout.pdf Code: https://github.com/cfgranda/ps4ds/blob/main/continuous_variables/height_distribution.ipynb https://github.com/cfgranda/ps4ds/blob/main/continuous_variables/call_center_interarrival_times.ipynb