What I have in mind is the discussion on pp. 167-172 of `S Programming'. Cheers, Andy
> From: Spencer Graves > > Hi, Andy: > > MASS4 has section 5.7 "Bootstrap and Permutation Methods". Is > this what you are suggesting? It certainly is relevant to > the question > (but not to the "delta method", except as a means of checking on it). > > Thanks, > spencer graves > > Liaw, Andy wrote: > > >You could try googling for "delta method". I believe MASS > even has code for > >that... > > > >Andy > > > > > > > >>From: Bill Shipley > >> > >>Hello, and please excuse this off-topic question, but I > have not been > >>able to find an answer elsewhere. Consider a value Z that is > >>calculated > >>using the product (or ratio) of two means X_mean and Y_mean: > >>Z=X_mean*Y_mean. More generally, Z=f(X_mean, Y_mean). The standard > >>error of Z will be a function of the standard errors of the > means of X > >>and Y. I want to calculate this se of Z. Can someone > direct me to a > >>reference (text book or other) that gives the solution to > >>this *general* > >>problem? > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > >>Bill Shipley > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >>______________________________________________ > >>R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>PLEASE do read the posting guide! > >>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >______________________________________________ > >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
