What is the maximum likelihood estimation for a binomial distribution with zero successes in the data?

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Say a random variable X is distributed as binomial(10, theta).

In the data, out of 10 trials, there are 0 successes (i.e. 10 failures).

How to calculate MLE for theta for such data?

How does MLE change when it is given that 0 < theta < 1 vs 0 <= theta <= 1?

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The MLE for Bernoulli distribution is computed here.

In your case it leads to $\theta=0$. And MLE doesn’t change when you change from closed to open interval for $\theta$.