BS2 Further Statistical Inference HT08 - Lecture 12

Multivariate normal models and the Wishart distribution

This lecture discusses maximum likelihood estimation in a multivariate normal model, derives the MLE using exponential family theory, introduces the Wishart distribution and studies its elementary properties. Similar material can be found in Seber (1984), Multivariate Observations, Wiley, sections 2.2 and 2.3

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