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Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Dennis Leung

We establish nonuniform Berry-Esseen (B-E) bounds for Studentized U-statistics of the rate $1/\sqrt{n}$ under a third-moment assumption, which covers the t-statistic that corresponds to a kernel of degree $1$ as a special case. While an…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Dennis Leung , Qi-Man Shao

The stratified linear permutation statistic arises in various statistics problems, including stratified and post-stratified survey sampling, stratified and post-stratified experiments, conditional permutation tests, etc. Although we can…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Pengfei Tian , Fan Yang , Peng Ding

New nonuniform Berry--Esseen-type bounds for sums of independent random variables are obtained, motivated by recent studies concerning such bounds for nonlinear statistics. The proofs are based on the Chen--Shao concentration techniques…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-09-06 Iosif Pinelis

New Berry--Esseen-type bounds, with explicit constant factors, for the distribution of the Student statistic and, equivalently, for that of the self-normalized sum of independent zero-mean random variables are obtained. These bounds are…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Iosif Pinelis

In this paper, we establish Berry--Esseen bounds for both self-normalized and non-self-normalized sums of locally dependent random variables. The proofs are based on Stein's method together with a concentration inequality approach. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Zhi-Jun Cai , Qi-Man Shao , Zhuo-Song Zhang

In this paper, we establish optimal Berry--Esseen bounds for the generalized $U$-statistics. The proof is based on a new Berry--Esseen theorem for exchangeable pair approach by Stein's method under a general linearity condition setting. As…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Zhuo-Song Zhang

Using a modification of Stein's method, we generalize the results of Bentkus, G{\"o}tze, and Tikhomirov \cite{bentkus1997berry} to obtain Berry-Esseen bounds for a broad class of statistics of sequences of $\phi$-mixing, non-stationary…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Brendan Williams , Yeor Hafouta

We establish a Berry--Esseen bound for general multivariate nonlinear statistics by developing a new multivariate-type randomized concentration inequality. The bound is the best possible for many known statistics. As applications,…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Qi-Man Shao , Zhuo-Song Zhang

Applying Stein's method, an inductive technique and size bias coupling yields a Berry-Esseen theorem for normal approximation without the usual restriction that the coupling be bounded. The theorem is applied to counting the number of…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-02-26 Larry Goldstein

Let $T$ be a general sampling statistic that can be written as a linear statistic plus an error term. Uniform and non-uniform Berry--Esseen type bounds for $T$ are obtained. The bounds are the best possible for many known statistics.…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Louis H. Y. Chen , Qi-Man Shao

In this paper, we prove a Berry--Esseen bound with optimal order for self-normalized sums of local dependent random variables under some mild dependence conditions. The proof is based on Stein's method and a randomized concentration…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Zhuo-Song Zhang

This paper establishes a non-uniform Berry--Esseen bound for non-normal approximation using Stein's method. The main theorem generalizes the result of the authors in [Comptes Rendus Mathematique, 2024] to the context of non-normal…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Lê Vǎn Thành , Nguyen Ngoc Tu

We obtain rates of convergence in limit theorems of partial sums $S_n$ for certain sequences of dependent, identically distributed random variables, which arise naturally in statistical mechanics, in particular, in the context of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-08-14 Peter Eichelsbacher , Matthias Löwe

U-statistics are a fundamental class of estimators that generalize the sample mean and underpin much of nonparametric statistics. Although extensively studied in both statistics and probability, key challenges remain: their high…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Cesare Miglioli , Jordan Awan

An exchangeable pair approach is commonly taken in the normal and non-normal approximation using Stein's method. It has been successfully used to identify the limiting distribution and provide an error of approximation. However, when the…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Qi-Man Shao , Zhuo-Song Zhang

We derive a Gaussian Central Limit Theorem for the sample quantiles based on locally dependent random variables with explicit convergence rate. Our approach is based on converting the problem to a sum of indicator random variables, applying…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Partha S. Dey , Grigory Terlov

We establish both uniform and nonuniform error bounds of the Berry-Esseen type in normal approximation under local dependence. These results are of an order close to the best possible if not best possible. They are more general or sharper…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Y. Chen , Qi-Man Shao

This paper establishes a non-uniform Berry--Esseen bound in normal approximation for exchangeable pairs using Stein's method via a concentration inequality approach. The main theorem extends and improves several results in the literature,…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Lê Vǎn Thành , Nguyen Ngoc Tu

We establish normal approximation in the Wasserstein metric for both non-degenerate and degenerate second-order U-statistics under cross-sectional dependence using Stein's method. For the non-degenerate case, our results extend recent…

Econometrics · Economics 2026-04-28 Weiguang Liu
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