We consider the mixed AR(1) time series model <Equation ID="Equa"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$X_t=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}\alpha X_{t-1}+ \xi_t \quad {\rm w.p.} \qquad \frac{\alpha^p}{\alpha^p-\beta ^p},\\ \beta X_{t-1} + \xi_{t} \quad {\rm w.p.} \quad -\frac{\beta^p}{\alpha^p-\beta ^p} \end{array}\right.$$</EquationSource> </Equation>for −1  β <Superscript> p </Superscript> ≤ 0 ≤ α <Superscript>...</superscript></superscript></equationsource></equation>

Two-sided confidence intervals for a probability <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$p$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mrow> <mi>p</mi> </mrow> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> under a prescribed confidence level <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\gamma $$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="italic">γ</mi> </mrow> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> are an elementary tool of statistical data analysis. A confidence interval has two basic quality characteristics: i) exactness, i. e., whether the actual coverage...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>