
Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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ISBN: 9780495110811
Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8.5, Problem 46E
Refer to Example 8.4 and suppose that Y is a single observation from an exponential distribution with mean θ.
a Use the method of moment-generating
b Use the pivotal quantity 2Y/θ to derive a 90% confidence interval for θ.
c Compare the interval you obtained in part (b) with the interval obtained in Example 8.4.
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