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(True for functionals (·) cont<strong>in</strong>uousat ,as<strong>in</strong><br />

Lecture 17.) Then <strong>in</strong> particular, the bootstrap<br />

works: the bootstrap error is<br />

= ( ˆ ) − ( )<br />

= ( ˆ ) − ( )<br />

√ + ( −12 )<br />

<br />

= ( −12 )<br />

Furthermore, it works better than the limit<strong>in</strong>g estimate<br />

³ ˆ ´<br />

= of ( ), which by (18.2) has<br />

error<br />

0 = ³ ˆ ´<br />

− ( )= − ( )=( −12 )<br />

• The assumption that be <strong>in</strong>dependent of is<br />

crucial here — if it is violated then (from (18.2))<br />

the lead<strong>in</strong>g term <strong>in</strong> the expansion of<br />

= ( ˆ ) − ( )is( ˆ ) − ( ), which<br />

is typically ( −12 ). This is also the lead<strong>in</strong>g<br />

term <strong>in</strong> the expansion of 0 . Hence is expected<br />

to be of the same order as the error of the<br />

more easily computed estimate ( ˆ ).

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