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So I don't know why this was so hard for me to grasp, but in case anyone has a similar question, the answer I've arrived at is that the likelihood function is indeed {pdf of gamma}^n, with the support x1...xn>0, a>0, b>0.

Yeah that's the definition I had found, but what confuses me is that isn't each individual pdf a gamma distribution? So we would have a [gamma]^n for the range of x_1,...,x_n? As a second (slightly related question) I understand its not a pdf in this case, but i am I correct in believing the...

Sorry - I thought I understood this but I think I'm still a little confused. I understand why the likelihood function isn't a PDF, and I think I have a fairly good understanding of what it represents at this point. My only confusion lies in how the likelihood function is obtained. I don't see...

Hi Ray, Thanks for your help - I reread the page and I think I have a much firmer grasp of the concept. (This page https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat504/node/27 also does a nice job of offering some explanations with examples, in case anyone finds this with questions similar to mine.)

Homework Statement Hi all, I missed the day of class where we went over likelihood functions, and I'm quite confused! For example, let's say I have n Xis, where each Xi ~ Gamma(a,b), where a and b are unknown. I want to find the likelihood function of a and b, but I don't think I really...