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Statistical Inference — pivotal statistic for exponential mean

Let X1,X2,…,XnX_1,X_2,…,X_n be iid exponential variates with mean λ>0\lambda>0. Define T=∑i=1nxiT=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i, a sufficient statistic for λ\lambda. Then pivotal statistic to construct confidence interval for λ\lambda is:

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