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Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Definition 1
A method for estimating population characteristics based on limited data by choosing the sample values that make the data most likely to represent the general population. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Maximum Likelihood: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with estimates that maximize the probability of observing what has in fact been observed. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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