[R] About double-bootstrap

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Li, Jia wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have to use double-bootstrap to resample a data set. I am not familiar 
> with double-bootstrap in R, so I am wondering if there is a function 
> that is related to it

Double bootstrapping is not a way `to resample a data set' (it is rather 
about adjusting estimators).  It is discussed with worked examples in 
Davison and Hinkley (1997) which is the book that package 'boot' supports 
(and they will have used that package, albeit in S-PLUS).

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