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We use box models to illustrate statistical significance. We use simulation to understand sampling distributions and confidence intervals. We then look at simulation-based methods for statistical inference—the bootstrap and permutation tests.
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Dayal, V. (2020). Statistical Inference. In: Quantitative Economics with R. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2035-8_9
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