Abstract
An inequality is given for the expected length of a confidence interval given that a particular distribution generated the data and assuming that the confidence interval has a given coverage probability over a family of distributions. As a corollary, attempts to adapt to the regularity of the true density within derivative smoothness classes cannot improve the rate of convergence of the length of the confidence interval over minimax fixed-length intervals and still maintain uniform coverage probability. However, adaptive confidence intervals can attain improved rates of convergence in some other classes of densities, such as those satisfying a shape restriction.
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