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Biometrika 1974 61(1):143-149; doi:10.1093/biomet/61.1.143
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Variance reduction and nonnormality

W. KEITH HASTINGS

Department of Mathematics, University of Victoria British Columbia

The extent to which variance reduction methods may induce extreme nonnormality in the distribution of estimates of a mean is explored. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

Key Words: Monte Carlo method • Nonnormality • Sampling theory • Variance reduction


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