Model X∼Bernoulli(p),p∈(0,1) PMF P(X=x)=px(1−p)1−x,x∈{0,1} Likelihood (single observation) L(p∣x)=px(1−p)1−x Likelihood (i.i.d. sample) Let X1,…,Xn∼Bernoulli(p) and k=∑i=1nXi. L(p∣x1,…,xn)=pk(1−p)n−k Log-Likelihood ℓ(p)=klogp+(n−k)log(1−p)