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What is the difference between Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Maximum a Posteri (MAP) estimation?
Can you give me an example of how MAP estimation can be useful in real-life situations?
Sure. Let's say you want to predict the likelihood of a person developing a certain disease based on his or her age, gender, and other factors. With ML estimation, you would simply use the observed data to estimate the parameters. However, with MAP estimation, you could use prior knowledge about the disease to inform your estimates, such as the prevalence of the disease in a specific population, or previous studies on risk factors associated with the disease. This would help you obtain more accurate predictions.