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Maximum likelihood

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Maximum likelihood are not sufficient statistics . Is true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.181.55.124 (talk) 13:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sufficient for what? Perhaps the article Maximum_likelihood_estimation will help you. RudolfRed (talk) 18:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the OP is referring to a Sufficient statistic. Not my area of expertise so I won't try to explain it further. --RDBury (talk) 19:51, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Maximum likelihood is a method for estimating parameters. It is not itself a statistic, although the parameter being estimated often is one.  --Lambiam 20:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]