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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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• Example 3. Inthisexample,and<strong>in</strong>thenotation<br />

above, = ( ) depends on . The bootstrap<br />

still ‘works’, but no better than ( ˆ ).<br />

<br />

Let 1 ∼ with mean and variance<br />

2 = ( ). The plug-<strong>in</strong> estimate is<br />

( ˆ )= −1 X ³<br />

− ¯´2 = 2 <br />

say. Suppose ( )=[ √ 2 ] Put<br />

= ( )= <br />

h<br />

( − )<br />

i<br />

(assumed f<strong>in</strong>ite for ≤ 8); then (you should verify)<br />

( )= ³ 4 − 2 2<br />

´−2 ³ 4 − 2 2 ´ ³<br />

2 4 − 3 2 2´<br />

+<br />

<br />

2<br />

and so ( ) → ( ), where<br />

( )= 4 − 2 2 = <br />

h<br />

( − ) 2i<br />

depends on . Thus we cannot expect the bootstrap<br />

error to be smaller than 0 .

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