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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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90<br />

—Example: Let ∼ ( ) <strong>in</strong>dependently<br />

of ∼ (1 )with → 1. Def<strong>in</strong>e<br />

= − <br />

√ + (1 − ) <br />

<br />

Then <br />

→ (0<br />

2<br />

0 = (1 − )) (why?) but<br />

( ) ≥ ( [ | ])<br />

= [ (1 − )]<br />

= () 2 (1 − )<br />

and this →∞if → 1slowly,say =<br />

1 − 1.<br />

• Exampleslikethisaretroublesomes<strong>in</strong>cewewould<br />

like to use the, more convenient, asymptotic variance<br />

as a measure of accuracy. Fortunately it is<br />

typically the case that the two quantities agree.<br />

Conditions under which they agree are given <strong>in</strong><br />

the follow<strong>in</strong>g result, <strong>in</strong> which we assume that<br />

1 are i.i.d., with mean and variance<br />

2 ,andthat = ( ¯).

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