BS2 Further Statistical Inference HT09 - Lecture 7

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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