Bootstrap: More than a stab in the dark?

Statistical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 382-395

  Young, G Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Bootstrap; Dependent data; Design parameter; Edgeworth expansion; Higher order accuracy; Independent data; Iteration; Jackknife; Nonparametric likelihood; Practical implementation; Prepivoting; Resampling scheme; Theoretical development; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84972538191     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1177010383     Document Type: Article

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