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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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76<br />

• Robustness aga<strong>in</strong>st dependence. Suppose that<br />

1 are jo<strong>in</strong>tly normally distributed, with<br />

mean , variance 2 . We base a test of = 0<br />

vs. 0 on = √ ³ ¯ − 0´<br />

. We take a<br />

very weak model of dependence, and assume that<br />

the correlations (= ()<br />

<br />

)satisfy(when is<br />

true)<br />

(1)<br />

1<br />

<br />

X<br />

6=<br />

→ (f<strong>in</strong>ite),<br />

1 X<br />

(2)<br />

2 <br />

6=<br />

We calculate, us<strong>in</strong>g (1), that<br />

h √ <br />

³<br />

¯ − 0´i<br />

∙( − 0 ) 2 ³ − 0´2¸<br />

= 2 ⎛<br />

⎝1+ 1 <br />

X<br />

6=<br />

<br />

⎞<br />

⎠<br />

→ 2 (1 + ),<br />

imply<strong>in</strong>g that under , ¯ → 0 <strong>in</strong> and<br />

hence (Corollary 1 of Lecture 1) <strong>in</strong> .<br />

∙<br />

1<br />

<br />

Inthesameway,(2)yieldsthat<br />

1, so<br />

2 = 1 X<br />

( − 0 ) 2 −<br />

<br />

− 1<br />

− 1<br />

P ³ − 0<br />

<br />

´2¸ <br />

→<br />

→ 0<br />

³<br />

¯ − 0´2 <br />

→ 2

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