Likelihood vs Probability

In everyday life, we might act like Likelihood and Probability are the same, but in Statistics, Machine Learning and Data Science, they are two distinct concepts. This little song helps me keep them straight.
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Less than 30 seconds of video and I understood that in several classes I couldn't 😅

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with these lyrics and song I'm never gonna misunderstand Likelihood and Probability

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It's a really creative and easy way to learn... provide more stuff like these on statistical inference topics

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amazing song. thank you!!!

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[@ToniSkit]

That’s great - could you include an example interpreting this though ?

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Sure, see: ua-cam.com/video/XepXtl9YKwc/v-deo.html

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such a haunting melody. will def have me remembering the difference between these 2 though forever. lol

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tbh i don’t this that i don’t know
Thanks for clarifying statlegend

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I'm crying

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[@sumitpawar000]

So if we take an example of distribution of students marks, the likelihood can be used to tell likelyhood of specific marks number while probability can tell chances of getting the marks greater or less than selected number.
Am I right?

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Imma take a guitar to sing this song on my next exam for my teacher 😂

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great song.....when will be the next video after seq2seq will be uploaded ?

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[@khanhhuyen8630]

which apps did you use to draw plot? thanks

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I do everything in keynote

[@GMD023]

Wait a sec...never thought of it like this, but its just the instantaneous rate of change/derivative vs. The area under the curve/integral??

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damn，so easy to understand😂

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[@user-sn4ni3np8h]

So, likelihood is the density function.
Area underneath is the probability.

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You have a beautiful voice...you should also try singing..😃

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[@saulikamppari4240]

I don't think it is so simple or helpful. It is easy to find good descriptions what likelihood really means. It is about how well model parameter supportd observed sample. The area under the likelihood curve does not have to be one.

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Noted.

[@statisticsonsteroids]

So likelihood= probability density?

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I think it's probably better to think of likelihood as the y-axis coordinate of the density function because the word "density" refers to probability per unit length. See: www.probabilitycourse.com/chapter4/4_1_1_pdf.php

[@adityarajora7219]

likelihood: PDF
Probability : CDF
please clear??????????????

[@statquest]

As seen in this short video, a PDF can be used to calculate both likelihood and probability. A CDF, on the other hand, is generally only used for probability.

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