Self-normalized large deviations
Self-normalized large deviations
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DOI:
10.1214/aop/1024404289
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Q. Shao
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作者:
Q. Shao
Let {X, X n , n ≥ 1} be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables. The classical Cramer-Chernoff large deviation states that lim n→ ∞ n -1 ln P((Σ i n =1 X i )/n ≥ x) = ln p(x) if and only if the moment generating function of X is finite in a right neighborhood of zero. This paper uses n (p-1 / pV n,p = n (p-1)/p (Σ n i=1 |X i |1/p (p > 1) as the normalizing constant to establish a self-normalized large deviation without any moment conditions. A self-normalized moderate deviation, that is, the asymptotic probability of P(S n /V n,p ≥ x n ) for x n = o(n (p-1)/p ), is also found for any X in the domain of attraction of a normal or stable law. As a consequence, a precise constant in the self-normalized law of the iterated logarithm of Griffin and Kuelbs is obtained. Applications to the limit distribution of self-normalized sums, the asymptotic probability of the t-statistic as well as to the Erdos-Renyi-Shepp law of large numbers are also discussed.