mle (Statistics Toolbox)

mle	Examples See Also

Maximum likelihood estimation.

Syntax

phat = mle('dist',data)
[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data)
[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data,alpha)
[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data,alpha,p1)

Description

phat = mle('dist',data) returns the maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) for the distribution specified in 'dist' using the sample in the vector, data.

[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data) returns the MLEs and 95% percent confidence intervals.

[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data,alpha) returns the MLEs and
100(1-alpha) percent confidence intervals given the data and the specified alpha.

[phat,pci] = mle('dist',data,alpha,p1) is used for the binomial distribution only. p1 is the number of trials.

Example

rv = binornd(20,0.75)
rv =

    16

[p,pci] = mle('binomial',rv,0.05,20)

p =

    0.8000

pci =

    0.5634
    0.9427