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bootstrapping  

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  • Bootstrapping is a computer—intensive, nonparametric approach to statistical inference. Rather than making assumptions about the sampling distribution of a statistic, bootstrapping uses the variability within a sample to estimate that sampling distribution empirically. [Source: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods; Bootstrapping]

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