title: How does SciPy stats.norm.fit determine the parameters
body: <p>this may not be a suitable question for this forum, but I was just wondering if anyone knows how SciPy's <code>stats.norm.fit()</code> method determines distribution parameters? I read somewhere that it uses Maximum Likelihood Estimation, but I cannot find any offical documentation. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance, </p>
  
  <p>BJR</p>