[R] bootstrap vs. resampleing

"Jens Oehlschlägel" oehl_list at gmx.de
Wed Apr 6 20:39:51 CEST 2005


Confidence intervals depend on the sample size - the bigger the sample the
smaller the interval. Subsampling (resampling without replacement) gives
smaller samples and underestimates confidence (overestimates confidence
interval size) of parameters calculated on the original sample. 

Best


Jens Oehlschlägel


P.S.: I guess signing a question with your name makes answers more likely

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