06.06.2013 Views

Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

898 Index<br />

uniform consistency, 311, 523<br />

Wald test, 526<br />

Thomae function, 715<br />

tightness, 88<br />

tolerance set, 296, 539<br />

topological space, 615<br />

topological support <strong>of</strong> a measure, 704<br />

topology, 615<br />

total ordering, 614<br />

total variation, 738<br />

totally positive family, 168<br />

tr(·), 777<br />

trace <strong>of</strong> a matrix, 777<br />

trajectory, 125<br />

transform, 680, 749–751<br />

discrete, 680<br />

transformation group, 624, 747<br />

transition matrix, 127, 810–813<br />

transitive transformation group, 748<br />

triangle inequality, 631, 846<br />

triangular array, 61, 107<br />

trigamma function, 462, 857<br />

truncated distribution, 183, 197<br />

Tukey’s method for simultaneous<br />

confidence intervals, 554<br />

two-sample Wilcoxon statistic, 407<br />

type I error, 290<br />

U-estimability, 387, 422<br />

U-statistic, 400–410<br />

UMAU (uniformly most accurate<br />

unbiased) confidence set, 543<br />

UMVUE (uniformly minimum variance<br />

unbiased estimation), 388–399<br />

unbiased confidence set, 296<br />

unbiased estimating function, 251<br />

unbiased estimator, 214<br />

unbiased point estimation, 385–440<br />

unbiased test, 292, 519<br />

unbiasedness, 214, 251, 261, 263, 292,<br />

386, 519<br />

and squared-error loss; UMVU, 389<br />

estimability, 422<br />

estimating function, 251<br />

L-unbiasedness, 261, 519, 520<br />

median-unbiasedness, 214, 255<br />

test, 292, 519<br />

unbiasedness <strong>of</strong> confidence set, 543<br />

uniform consistency<br />

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

<strong>of</strong> tests, 311, 523<br />

uniform convergence, 718<br />

uniform norm, 738<br />

uniform property, 217, 262, 292, 296<br />

uniformly continuous function, 715<br />

uniformly minimum variance unbiased<br />

estimation (UMVUE), 388–399<br />

uniformly most accurate unbiased<br />

(UMAU) confidence set, 543<br />

uniformly most powerful test, 516<br />

unimodal family, 165<br />

union <strong>of</strong> sets, 610<br />

universal set, 610<br />

upper confidence bound, 294<br />

upper confidence interval, 294<br />

urn process, 1, 7, 24, 131<br />

utility, 255<br />

V(·), 31, 809<br />

V-statistic, 413–414<br />

variable metric method, 806<br />

variable selection, 534<br />

variance, 31<br />

asymptotic, 309<br />

bound, 231, 395, 417<br />

estimation, 297–300, 306, 313, 456<br />

bootstrap, 300<br />

jackknife, 297–299<br />

limiting, 309<br />

sample, 25, 189, 192, 456<br />

variance bound, 231, 395, 417<br />

variance stabilizing transformation, 95<br />

variance-covariance matrix<br />

<strong>of</strong> a random matrix, 38<br />

<strong>of</strong> a random vector, 37<br />

Vasicek process, 766<br />

vec(·), 784<br />

vech(·), 784<br />

vecsy(·), 784<br />

vector, 629, 774–803<br />

vector derivative, 793<br />

vector measure, 698<br />

vector space, 628–629<br />

Vitali set, 712<br />

Wald test, 526<br />

Walker regularity conditions, 330<br />

Wasserstein-Mallows distance, 595<br />

weak convergence, 78

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!