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Abstract
Since the early 1980s, a bewildering array of methods for constructing bootstrap confidence
intervals have been proposed. In this article, we address the following questions.
First, when should bootstrap confidence intervals be used. Secondly, which method
should be chosen, and thirdly, how should it be implemented. In order to do this,
we review the common algorithms for resampling and methods for constructing bootstrap
confidence intervals, together with some less well known ones, highlighting their
strengths and weaknesses. We then present a simulation study, a flow chart for choosing
an appropriate method and a survival analysis example.
Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.