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From: Peter Perkins <Peter.PerkinsRemoveThis@mathworks.com>
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Subject: Re: bootstrap
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:43:26 -0400
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Peter Perkins wrote:

> To me, it sounds like your matrix of data represents a spatial 
> configuration, and somehow your bootstrap samples would have to preserve 
> that, and so perhaps you need a stratified bootstrap.  But it sunds like 
> you have only one sample in each stratum, which means you can usefully 
> bootstrap.

Sorry, I meant to say, "you canNOT usefully bootstrap".