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Frequentist properties of the maximum likelihood estimate of a scalar parameter are derived. The Wald, Score and Likelihood Ratio test statistics and the corresponding confidence intervals are introduced. Variance stabilizing transformations are also discussed. A case study comparing coverage and width of several confidence intervals for a proportion finishes this chapter, completed by a number of exercises at the end.
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Held, L., Sabanés Bové, D. (2014). Frequentist Properties of the Likelihood. In: Applied Statistical Inference. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37887-4_4
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