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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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202<br />

Proof of Lemma: Expand<br />

∙<br />

2∆ =2<br />

³ˆ − 0´<br />

0 ( 0 ) + ³ˆ ¸<br />

− 0´2<br />

<br />

00<br />

() ∗ 2 <br />

(23.1)<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce 0 = 0 <br />

³ˆ ´<br />

= <br />

0 ( 0 )+<br />

³ˆ − 0´ 00 ( 0 )+ ³ˆ − 0´2<br />

<br />

000<br />

( ∗∗ ) 2<br />

we have<br />

0 ( 0 )=− ³ˆ − 0´ 00 ( 0 )− ³ˆ − 0´2<br />

<br />

000<br />

( ∗∗ ) 2<br />

This <strong>in</strong> (23.1) gives<br />

2∆ = n √ <br />

³ˆ − 0´o 2<br />

×<br />

(<br />

−2 00 ( 0 )<br />

<br />

+ 00 ( ∗ )<br />

<br />

− ³ˆ − 0´ 000 ( ∗∗<br />

Now<br />

00 ( 0 ) <br />

→− ( 0 );<br />

<br />

as <strong>in</strong> the proof of asymptotic normality of the<br />

MLE 00 () ∗ 00 ( 0 ) → 1sothat<br />

00 ( ∗ ) →− ( 0 ) <br />

<br />

)<br />

)

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