If you hang out around statisticians long enough, sooner or later someone is going to mumble “maximum likelihood” and everyone will knowingly nod.

0:00 Awesome song and introduction
0:34 Motivation for MLE
1:12 Overview of the Normal Distribution
2:06 Thinking about where to center the distribution
3:25 Using MLE to find the optimal location for the center
4:27 Using MLE to find the optimal standard deviation
5:19 Probability vs Likelihood

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