Bootstrapping the mean of a symmetric population

Autor: Ricardo Cao, J. M. Prada-Sánchez
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Statistics & Probability Letters. 17:43-48
ISSN: 0167-7152
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7152(93)90193-m
Popis: Using Edgeworth expansions we compare the rates of convergence of the normal approximation and two bootstrap approaches for the sample mean of a symmetric population. In a simulation study we see how bad is the Monte Carlo approximation when bootstrapping the Edgeworth expansions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE