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Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

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886 Index<br />

stable, 185<br />

t, 191, 833<br />

uniform, 63, 64, 81, 97, 98, 167, 171,<br />

181, 222, 223, 393, 450, 458, 830,<br />

835<br />

von Mises, 661, 835<br />

Weibull, 170, 171, 836<br />

Wishart, 833<br />

zeta, 164<br />

Zipf, 164<br />

distribution function space, 184,<br />

746–747<br />

distribution function see cumulative<br />

distribution function, 14<br />

distribution vector, 127<br />

divisibility, 60–61, 747<br />

DKW inequality, 135, 145<br />

domain <strong>of</strong> attraction, 109<br />

dominated convergence theorem, 89,<br />

726<br />

conditional, 112<br />

dominating measure, 22, 705, 860<br />

dominating statistical rule, 260<br />

Donsker’s theorem, 137<br />

Doob’s martingale inequality, 133<br />

dot product, 630, 736<br />

double integral, 727<br />

Dvoretzky/Kiefer/Wolfowitz inequality,<br />

145, 558<br />

Dvoretzky/Kiefer/Wolfowitz/Massart<br />

inequality, 135, 244<br />

Dynkin system, 688<br />

Dynkin’s π-λ theorem, 692<br />

E(·), 25, 27, 809<br />

ECDF (empirical cumulative distribution<br />

function), 134–137, 242–246,<br />

599<br />

Edgeworth series, 68, 746<br />

efficiency, 252, 309, 453<br />

estimating function, 253<br />

Godambe, 253<br />

efficient estimating function, 253<br />

efficient estimator, 252, 395<br />

Egor<strong>of</strong>f’s theorem, 719<br />

eigenfunction, 742<br />

eigenvalue, 742, 776<br />

eigenvector, 776<br />

eigenvector, left, 781<br />

<strong>Theory</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> c○2000–2013 James E. Gentle<br />

element, 615<br />

elliptical family, 187<br />

EM method, 465–476<br />

empirical Bayes, 348, 353<br />

empirical characteristic function (ECF),<br />

247<br />

empirical cumulative distribution function<br />

(ECDF), 134–137, 242–246,<br />

599<br />

empirical likelihood, 246, 495<br />

empirical likelihood ratio test, 532<br />

empirical process, 133, 135–137<br />

empty set, 610<br />

entropy, 40–42, 121, 157<br />

conditional, 121<br />

Shannon, 41<br />

ɛ-mixture distribution, 157, 184, 457,<br />

596–600, 747<br />

equal-tail confidence interval, 539<br />

equivariance, 216, 262, 263, 275–285<br />

equivariance principle, 275<br />

equivariant function, 748<br />

equivariant statistical procedures, 263,<br />

275–285<br />

equivariant confidence sets, 545–546<br />

equivariant estimation, 281–285, 353,<br />

454<br />

invariant tests, 521–523<br />

Esseen-von-Bahr inequality, 847<br />

essential infimum, 738<br />

essential supremum, 738<br />

essentially complete, 261<br />

estimability, 387, 422<br />

estimating equation, 239, 250<br />

estimating function, 250–253, 459<br />

martingale, 253<br />

estimator<br />

Bayes, 326, 348–357<br />

equivariant, 281–285, 454<br />

maximum likelihood, 238–240,<br />

445–461<br />

method <strong>of</strong> moments (MME), 243,<br />

268, 412<br />

order statistics, 248<br />

plug-in, 243, 412, 414<br />

randomized, 272, 416<br />

uniformly minimum variance<br />

unbiased, 388–399<br />

Euclidean distance, 637, 774

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