MLE's bias pathology, Fisher's Specification Problem and Model Corrected
Maximum Likelihood Estimates (MCMLE)
Abstract
MLE's inherent bias pathology that is confirmed herein for models with unknown parameters and MLE function of MLE and the need for model accuracy in Fisher's specification problem suggest updating the Likelihood Equation to be solved for using the model of the data Y in it with replacing For several models the so-obtained Model Corrected MLE reduces either totally or partially the bias when estimating shape parameters. For the Pareto model in particular, with parameters and both unknown, reduces the bias but also the variance of The results contribute in the explanation of the "difference" that has puzzled R. A. Fisher.
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