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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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• <strong>Asymptotic</strong> Relative Efficiency.<br />

two estimators 1 2 of () have<br />

95<br />

Suppose that<br />

[ ] = ()+ <br />

+ (−2 )<br />

[ ] = <br />

2 + (−2 )<br />

(In the Theorem we had = ( ¯), = 2 00 ()2<br />

and 2 = £ 0 () ¤ 2 .) Then [ ]=( −1 )<br />

and<br />

[ ]= 2 + = <br />

2 + (−2 )<br />

In order that the two estimators have the same<br />

asymptotic MSE, i.e. 1<br />

2<br />

<br />

∼ 2<br />

2<br />

1 <br />

,itisrequiredthat<br />

2<br />

1<br />

2<br />

→ 2 1<br />

2 2<br />

<br />

= 21 <br />

the ARE of 2 with respect to 1 . (We can use<br />

the asymptotic variances rather than the limit<strong>in</strong>g<br />

variances; of course these typically agree.)<br />

— Does this agree with the previous def<strong>in</strong>ition <strong>in</strong><br />

terms of efficacies?

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