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$\begingroup$ What did counting them tell you? That the median is more likely to be bogus/accurate (I could see it argued either way) because of the small number of possibilities observed? $\endgroup$

Joseph Garvin
– Joseph Garvin

2019-03-27 05:38:19 +00:00
Commented Mar 27, 2019 at 5:38
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$\begingroup$ If you take quantiles .025 and .975 of a bootstrap distribution with only 136 values, those quantiles may not provide a trustworthy CI. CIs may differ greatly from one simulation run to the next. Difficulties of bootstrapping with small original samples are exacerbated. $\endgroup$

BruceET
– BruceET

2019-03-27 05:50:29 +00:00
Commented Mar 27, 2019 at 5:50

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