diff --git a/content/Chapter_20/01_Maximum_Likelihood.ipynb b/content/Chapter_20/01_Maximum_Likelihood.ipynb index 25029f82..97b61340 100644 --- a/content/Chapter_20/01_Maximum_Likelihood.ipynb +++ b/content/Chapter_20/01_Maximum_Likelihood.ipynb @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ "\n", "Assume that $\\theta$ is fixed but unknown. The method of *maximum likelihood* estimates $\\theta$ by answering the following question:\n", "\n", - "**Among all the possible values of the parameter $\\theta$, which one maximizes the likeihood of getting our sample?**\n", + "**Among all the possible values of the parameter $\\theta$, which one maximizes the likelihood of getting our sample?**\n", "\n", "That maximizing value of the parameter is called the *maximum likelihood estimate* or MLE for short. In this section we will develop a method for finding MLEs. " ] @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "The maximizing value of $\\mu$ is somewhere around $52.5$. To find exactly where it is, we have to complete the maximizatin. \n", + "The maximizing value of $\\mu$ is somewhere around $52.5$. To find exactly where it is, we have to complete the maximization. \n", "\n", "Find the derivative of $L$ with respect to $\\mu$. Use the Chain Rule and be careful about negative signs.\n", "\n",