 Exponential-mean confidence interval by pivot inversion

For an exponential distribution with mean $\theta$, the maximum-likelihood estimator is $\bar{Y}$ and $\sqrt{n}(\bar{Y}-\theta )/\theta$ converges to a standard normal distribution. Inverting the event that this pivot lies between $-z$ and $z$ gives the displayed confidence interval, provided $n>z^2$. Its two-sided coverage probability has error $O(n^{-1})$, because the first Edgeworth expansion term is even and cancels between the two tails.