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Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

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896 Index<br />

roughness <strong>of</strong> a function, 571, 572, 581<br />

SAE (sup absolute error), 568<br />

sample continuous, 126<br />

sample covariance<br />

as U-statistic, 403<br />

sample mean, 25, 85, 189, 192<br />

sample quantile, 64, 254<br />

sample space, 3, 686<br />

sample variance, 25, 189, 192, 239, 244,<br />

456<br />

as U-statistic, 403<br />

relation to V-statistic, 413<br />

sampling design, 437<br />

sampling from finite populations, 301,<br />

378<br />

sandwich estimator, 300, 312<br />

scale equivariance, 283<br />

Scheffé’s method for simultaneous<br />

confidence intervals, 554<br />

Schur complement, 791<br />

Schwarz inequality, 845<br />

score function, 240, 251, 459–460, 477,<br />

526<br />

score test, 526, 529<br />

scoring, 240<br />

SDE (stochastic differential equation),<br />

757<br />

second characteristic function, 50<br />

second order delta method, 94, 477<br />

self-information, 40<br />

seminorm, 632<br />

semiparametric inference, 495–498<br />

separable set, 616, 635<br />

sequences <strong>of</strong> real numbers, 642–649<br />

sequential probability ratio test (SPRT),<br />

535<br />

sequential test, 534–535<br />

series, 647<br />

convergence, 671<br />

series estimator, 563<br />

series expansion, 65–69, 673, 742, 797<br />

set, 615<br />

Severini-Egorov theorem, 719<br />

Shannon entropy, 41<br />

Shannon information, 225<br />

shrinkage <strong>of</strong> estimators, 216, 269, 315,<br />

592<br />

Sierpinski system, 688<br />

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Sierpinski’s π-λ theorem, 692<br />

σ-algebra, 688<br />

σ-field, 688<br />

filtration, 125<br />

generated by a collection <strong>of</strong> sets, 689<br />

generated by a measurable function,<br />

698<br />

generated by a random variable, 10<br />

σ-finite measure, 701<br />

σ-lattice, 689<br />

σ-ring, 688<br />

sign test, 532<br />

signal to noise ratio, 210<br />

signed measure, 698<br />

significance level, 288<br />

asymptotic, 310, 311, 523<br />

significance test, 288<br />

similar region, 515<br />

similar test, 520, 521<br />

simple function, 713, 714<br />

simple hypothesis, 287<br />

simple random sample, 24<br />

simple random variable, 10<br />

simulated annealing, 374, 821<br />

simultaneous confidence sets, 553–554<br />

singular distribution, 176<br />

singular measure, 705, 712, 860<br />

singular value factorization, 786<br />

size <strong>of</strong> test, 288, 291, 506<br />

limiting, 310, 523<br />

skewness coefficient, 31<br />

Sklar’s theorem, 39<br />

Skorokhod space and metric, 144<br />

Skorokhod’s theorem, 86, 87, 89<br />

SLLN (strong law <strong>of</strong> large numbers),<br />

103<br />

slowly varing function, 166<br />

Slutsky’s theorem, 91<br />

smallest subset, 611<br />

Smith-Volterra-Cantor set, 709, 712<br />

measure, 712<br />

smoothing matrix, 586<br />

space, 615<br />

spectral decomposition, 779, 787<br />

spectral projector, 779<br />

spectrum <strong>of</strong> a measure, 704<br />

spherical family, 187<br />

SPRT (sequential probability ratio<br />

test), 535

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