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Machine Learning Techniques · Quiz 1 · 23 Feb 2025 · January 2025 term

Question 9: Suppose you toss a coin four times and observe no heads. …

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Suppose you toss a coin four times and observe no heads. You then give the coin to your friend, who tosses it until the first head occurs. Your friend tosses the coin a total of five times. Let p denote the probability that the coin comes up heads. Find the maximum likelihood estimate of p.

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Correct answer: 0.11 (accepted within ±0.01)

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Question 9 of 14 in the IIT Madras BS Machine Learning Techniques (MLT) Quiz 1 paper sat on 23 Feb 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M DIPLOMA AN EXAM QDD2 23 Feb 2025). It carries 3 marks.

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