Jackknife resampling

Statistical Simulation in Python

Tushar Shanker

Data Scientist

Easter eggs

Easter eggs

Jackknifing Easter eggs

Jackknife estimate

Jackknife Estimate

Variance of Jackknife Estimate

Jackknife vs Bootstrap

Jackknife

• Mean Weight = 51g
• 95% CI = [33.36g, 68.64g]

Bootstrap

• Mean Weight = 50.8g
• 95% CI = [35g, 67.03g]

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Statistical Simulation in Python