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Self-normalized processes are of common occurrence in probabilistic and statistical studies. A prototypical example is Student's t-statistic introduced in 1908 by Gosset, whose portrait is on the front cover. Due to the highly non-linear nature of these processes, the theory experienced a long period of slow development. In recent years there have been a number of important advances in the theory and applications of self-normalized processes. Some of these developments are closely linked to the study of central limit theorems, which imply that self-normalized processes are approximate pivots for statistical inference.

The present volume covers recent developments in the area, including self-normalized large and moderate deviations, and laws of the iterated logarithms for self-normalized martingales. This is the first book that systematically treats the theory and applications of self-normalization.

Self-Normalized Processes: Limit Theory and Applications

Independent Random Variables.- Classical Limit Theorems, Inequalities and Other Tools.- Self-Normalized Large Deviations.- Weak Convergence of Self-Normalized Sums.- Stein's Method and Self-Normalized Berry-Esseen Inequality.- Self-Normalized Moderate Deviations and Laws of the Iterated Logarithm.- Cramér-Type Moderate Deviations for Self-Normalized Sums.- Self-Normalized Empirical Processes and U-Statistics.- Martingales and Dependent Random Vectors.- Martingale Inequalities and Related Tools.- A General Framework for Self-Normalization.- Pseudo-Maximization via Method of Mixtures.- Moment and Exponential Inequalities for Self-Normalized Processes.- Laws of the Iterated Logarithm for Self-Normalized Processes.- Multivariate Self-Normalized Processes with Matrix Normalization.- Statistical Applications.- The t-Statistic and Studentized Statistics.- Self-Normalization for Approximate Pivots in Bootstrapping.- Pseudo-Maximization in Likelihood and Bayesian Inference.- Sequential Analysis and Boundary Crossing Probabilities for Self-Normalized Statistics.