The nested bootstrap is a computer-intensive technique for reducing the statistical error in the ordinary bootstrap. We show how the Monte Carlo technique of ...

Efron's nonparametric bootstrap method simulates the distributional properties of a statistic by repeated resampling of a given sample. A balanced bootstrap simulation is one in which each sample ...

Just as we might consult multiple experts about a problem and then combine their advice to come to a consensus decision, repeated statistical analyses on the same data can be combined to form a single ...

The International Prize in Statistics has been awarded to Bradley Efron, professor of statistics and biomedical data science at Stanford University, in recognition of the "bootstrap," a method he ...