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Maximum likelihood estimate from a categorical sample

Let x1=0,x2=1,x3=2,x4=3x_1=0,x_2=1,x_3=2,x_4=3 and x5=0x_5=0 be the observed values of a random sample of size 55 from a discrete distribution with the probability mass function

f(x;θ)=P(X=x)={θ3,x=0, 2θ3,x=1, 1−θ2,x=2,3,f(x;\theta)=P(X=x)=\begin{cases}\dfrac\theta3, & x=0,\ \dfrac{2\theta}3, & x=1,\ \dfrac{1-\theta}2, & x=2,3,\end{cases}

where θ∈[0,1]\theta\in[0,1] is the unknown parameter. Then the maximum likelihood estimate of θ\theta is

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