WHAT SOME PUZZLING PROBLEMS TEACH ABOUT THE THEORY OF SIMULATION AND THE USE OF RESAMPLING

Simulation is simpler intellectually than the formulaic method because it does not require that one calculate the number of points in the en tire sample space and the number of points in some subset. Instead, on e directly samples the ratio. This article presents probabilistic prob lems that confound even skilled statisticians when attacking the probl ems deductively, yet are easy to handle correctly, and become clear in tuitively, with physical simulation. This analogy demonstrates the use fulness of simulation in the form of resampling methods.