Notes and Data Sources in Chapter 16 Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests

Chapter 16 Notes and Data Sources

2. The origin of this quaint phrase is Rudolph Raspe, The Singular Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1786. Here is the passage, from the edition by John Carswell, Heritage Press, 1952: “I was still a couple of miles above the clouds when it broke, and with such violence I fell to the ground that I found myself stunned, and in a hole nine fathoms under the grass, when I recovered, hardly knowing how to get out again. Looking down, I observed that I had on a pair of boots with exceptionally sturdy straps. Grasping them firmly, I pulled with all my might. Soon I had hoist myself to the top and stepped out on terra firma without further ado.”