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For a binomial distribution, the score function is
θY​−1−θn−Y​=θ(1−θ)Y−nθ​.
(1)
Its squared expected value is I(θ)=n/[θ(1−θ)], using the binomial distribution variance nθ(1−θ). Hence the Jeffreys prior is
πJ​(θ)=πθ(1−θ)​1​,0<θ<1,​
(2)
the Beta distribution Beta(1/2,1/2). The factor n​ is independent of θ and disappears on normalization.

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