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Dissertation
Bootstrapping the sample quantile based on weakly dependent observations
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
  • Shuxia Sun, Iowa State University
Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
1-1-2004
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Statistics
First Advisor
Soumendra N. Lahiri
Subject Categories
Abstract

In this work, we investigate consistency properties of normal approximation and block bootstrap approximations for sample quantiles of weakly dependent data. Under mild weak dependence conditions and mild smoothness conditions on the one-dimensional marginal distribution function, we show that the moving block bootstrap (MBB) method provides a valid approximation to the distribution of normalized sample quantile and the corresponding MBB estimator of the asymptotic variance is also strongly consistent. Along the line, we also examine the rate of convergence of the MBB approximation to the distribution of the sample quantile, and prove a Berry-Esseen Theorem, which indicates that the normal approximation to the distribution of the sample quantile under weak dependence is of order O(n-1/2).

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-11028
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Shuxia Sun
Language
en
Proquest ID
AAI3145686
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
114 pages
Citation Information
Shuxia Sun. "Bootstrapping the sample quantile based on weakly dependent observations" (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shuxia_sun/2/