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228<br />

A calculation as above gives 2 ( ; ) = 00 (),<br />

thus<br />

<br />

³<br />

; ˆ´ =<br />

(0)<br />

r 00 ³ˆ´ = ³ 2 00 ³ˆ´´−12 <br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce the normal approximation is be<strong>in</strong>g evaluated<br />

atthemean,theerroris( −1 ):<br />

<br />

³<br />

; ˆ´ = ³ 2 00 ³ˆ´´−12 n 1+( −1 ) o <br />

From (25.1), the density of the ‘untilted’ sum is<br />

(;0) = <br />

n<br />

´o<br />

−ˆ+³ˆ<br />

´o<br />

n<br />

= −ˆ+³ˆ<br />

³ˆ´<br />

r200 <br />

³<br />

; ˆ´<br />

n<br />

1+( −1 ) o <br />

This is called the ‘saddlepo<strong>in</strong>t approximation’ to<br />

the density of . Note that it is guaranteed to<br />

be non-negative; it is often normalized to have an<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegral of 1 for f<strong>in</strong>ite (but note ˆ = ˆ ()).

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