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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford 2012 O O5 a Solution by
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Independence and normality give . Consequently is standard normal, andRearranging the event gives . Thus the random interval covers the fixed parameter with probability . After observing the sample, its realized confidence interval isThe coverage refers to repeated samples, not to a posterior probability for the fixed parameter.
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