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What is the bootstrap?

Significance
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01225.x
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Bradley Efron was awarded the 2018 International Prize in Statistics for the creation of the “bootstrap”, a method described as “the best statistical pain reliever ever produced”. But what is it, and how does it work? James J. Cochran explains.

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Cochran, J. J. (2019, February 1). What is the bootstrap? Significance. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01225.x

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