Nancy Reid is University Professor Emeritus of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto.Cristiano Varin is Professor of Statistics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.Grace Yi is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Data Science at the University of Western Ontario.

• Preface 1 Likelihood 2 Likelihood and Nuisance Parameters 3 Likelihood for Complex Models 4 Likelihood Inference in Misspecified Models 5 Quasi-likelihood and Estimating Functions 6 Nonparametric Likelihood 7 Regularized Likelihood Index List of Authors

Nancy Reid is University Professor Emeritus of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto.Cristiano Varin is Professor of Statistics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.Grace Yi is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Data Science at the University of Western Ontario.

• Preface 1 Likelihood 2 Likelihood and Nuisance Parameters 3 Likelihood for Complex Models 4 Likelihood Inference in Misspecified Models 5 Quasi-likelihood and Estimating Functions 6 Nonparametric Likelihood 7 Regularized Likelihood Index List of Authors

Nancy Reid is University Professor Emeritus of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto.Cristiano Varin is Professor of Statistics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.Grace Yi is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Data Science at the University of Western Ontario.

• Preface 1 Likelihood 2 Likelihood and Nuisance Parameters 3 Likelihood for Complex Models 4 Likelihood Inference in Misspecified Models 5 Quasi-likelihood and Estimating Functions 6 Nonparametric Likelihood 7 Regularized Likelihood Index List of Authors