## Statistical Science

### Introduction to the Bootstrap World

Dennis D. Boos

#### Abstract

The bootstrap has made a fundamental impact on how we carry out statistical inference in problems without analytic solutions. This fact is illustrated with examples and comments that emphasize the parametric bootstrap and hypothesis testing.

#### Article information

Source
Statist. Sci., Volume 18, Issue 2 (2003), 168-174.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 September 2003

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ss/1063994971

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/ss/1063994971

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2019786

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1331.62178

#### Citation

Boos, Dennis D. Introduction to the Bootstrap World. Statist. Sci. 18 (2003), no. 2, 168--174. doi:10.1214/ss/1063994971. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ss/1063994971

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