Consistency and Validity of Dependent Nonparametric Bootstrap Estimators ROBERT L. TAYLOR
Department of Statistics
University of GeorgiaThe traditional bootstrap resamples with replacement from the original sample observations to form arrays of rowwise independent and identically distributed bootstrap random variables. There are
situations, for example, when sampling from finite populations, where resampling without replacement provides a more realistic bootstrap procedure and produces dependent bootstrap random variables. The desired properties of consistency and asymptotic validity are shown
to hold for certain nonparametric dependent bootstrap estimators. In addition, it is shown that the smaller variation in dependent bootstrap estimators can be used to increase precision in some of the
estimates even in the traditional i.i.d. setting.