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Harvard University Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series Year Paper Statistical Inference for Infinite Dimensional Parameters Via Asymptotically Pivotal Estimating Functions Meredith A. Goldwasser * Lu Tian L. J. Wei * Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected] Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected] Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected] This working paper is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commer- cially reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder. http://biostats.bepress.com/harvardbiostat/paper7 Copyright c 2003 by the authors.

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Harvard UniversityHarvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Year Paper

Statistical Inference for Infinite DimensionalParameters Via Asymptotically Pivotal

Estimating Functions

Meredith A. Goldwasser∗ Lu Tian†

L. J. Wei‡

∗Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected]†Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected]‡Harvard School of Public Health, [email protected]

This working paper is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commer-cially reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder.

http://biostats.bepress.com/harvardbiostat/paper7

Copyright c©2003 by the authors.

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