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Past exam of the statistics course of the University of Oxford 2023 1 b ii Solution by
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The estimated standard error is . Using the central 95% standard normal quantiles , a Wald confidence interval isConsistency of and Slutsky's theorem justify replacing the unknown scale by its estimate. The coverage probability is asymptotic, not exact at finite . Intersecting with the positive parameter space removes impossible values without changing whether the true positive parameter is covered.
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