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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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• e.g. =1 +2 2 +3 3 , =1, =<br />

2 2 +3 3 .Then:<br />

— = (1)<br />

— = ( )<br />

— =1+ <br />

<br />

=1+(1) → 1; <strong>in</strong> particular<br />

= ( )<br />

— Also = ( ), so ³ . In fact ∼<br />

, which is stronger.<br />

• Embedd<strong>in</strong>g sequences: Given a statistic ,we<br />

can view this as a member of a possible sequence<br />

{ }. Ofcourseweobserveonlytheonemember<br />

of this sequence, and so an appropriate approximationwilldependonthemanner<strong>in</strong>whichwe<br />

anticipate the limit be<strong>in</strong>g approached. For examplesupposeweobserve<br />

∼ ( ). If <br />

is the number of electors, out of sampled, who<br />

favour a particular political party, then we might

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