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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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Theorem: Assume the conditions above, and that <br />

is four times differentiable. We have:<br />

(i) if (4) is bounded, then<br />

h ( ¯) i = ()+ 2<br />

2 00 ()+( −2 );<br />

(ii) if both (4) and ( 2 ) (4) arebounded,then<br />

92<br />

h ( ¯) i = 2 ³<br />

0 ()´2 + ( −2 )<br />

<br />

(so that <strong>in</strong> particular (10.1) holds).<br />

Proof: We prove (i); for (ii) one writes h ( ¯) i<br />

as h 2 ( ¯) i − ³ h ( ¯) i´2 and applies (i) to each<br />

component. By Taylor’s Theorem,<br />

³<br />

¯ − ´2<br />

( ¯) = ()+ 0 () ³ ¯ − ´ + 00 ()<br />

2<br />

³ ³<br />

¯ − ´3<br />

¯ − ´4<br />

+ 000 () + (4) ()<br />

3!<br />

for some between ¯ and . Then<br />

4!<br />

<br />

h ( ¯) i = ()+ 00 () 2<br />

2 +

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