A basic statistical problem: Confidence interval for the Bernoulli parameter (Q1072294)

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A basic statistical problem: Confidence interval for the Bernoulli parameter
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    A basic statistical problem: Confidence interval for the Bernoulli parameter (English)
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    This paper summarizes and compares in a unified way 11 different methods (obtained through Neyman, Bayesian or fiducial approach) proposed in the literature for setting confidence intervals (CI) for the parameter \(\pi\in [0,1]\) of the Bernoulli distribution based on a random sample \(X_ 1,...,X_ n\) from this distribution, i.e., \(P(X_ i=1)=\pi =1- P(X_ i=0)\), \(1\leq i\leq n\). Based on this comparison, a practical procedure for obtaining a CI for \(\pi\) is proposed.
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    Neyman
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    fiducial approach
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    confidence intervals
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    Bernoulli distribution
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    comparison
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