ABSTRACT

For given or assumed values of a 3 , we substitute into (7 .2.19) and calculate conditional estimates f.l( )(a3). As we did in the three-parameter case, the conditional values (approximations) are substituted directly into the loglikelihood function, which in this case is (7.2.18), in search of a maximum. We make as many trials as necessary to find the value 3 that produces a maximum for In L.