RE: Bootstrap resampling!

From: "Stephen Duffull" <sduffull@pharmacy.uq.edu.au> Subject: RE: Bootstrap resampling! Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:48:13 +1000 Hi Nick wrote: > methods. Davison has written an excellent book > (Bootstrap Methods and Their Application > (Cambridge Series in Statistical and > Probabilistic Mathematics , No 1) by A. C. > Davison, D. V. Hinkley) (which Steve Duffull > "stole" from me last November so I cannot refer > to it right now) which describes these in detail. Nick is right - I do have his book. After a quick read I am beginning to believe that if "credible" estimates of SE or CI are required then it might be easier to just use a MCMC method from the start (eg via WinBUGS) than to model then add BS (bootstrap) :-) Regards Steve ================= Stephen Duffull School of Pharmacy University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia Ph +61 7 3365 8808 Fax +61 7 3365 1688 http://www.uq.edu.au/pharmacy/duffull.htm