## The Annals of Statistics

### Asymptotics and the theory of inference

N. Reid

#### Abstract

Asymptotic analysis has always been very useful for deriving distributions in statistics in cases where the exact distribution is unavailable. More importantly, asymptotic analysis can also provide insight into the inference process itself, suggesting what information is available and how this information may be extracted. The development of likelihood inference over the past twenty-some years provides an illustration of the interplay between techniques of approximation and statistical theory.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Statist. Volume 31, Number 6 (2003), 1695-2095.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 16 January 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1074290325

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/aos/1074290325

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2036388

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1042.62022

#### Citation

Reid, N. Asymptotics and the theory of inference. Ann. Statist. 31 (2003), no. 6, 1695--2095. doi:10.1214/aos/1074290325. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1074290325

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