WEB1 Asymptotics. Asymptotics: Consistency. Delta Method: Approximating Moments Delta Method: Approximating Distributions. Consistency. Statistical Estimation Problem. X1, . . . , Xn iid Pθ, θ ∈ Θ. q(θ): target of estimation. qˆ(X1, . . . , Xn): estimator of q(θ). Definition: qˆn is a consistent estimator of q(θ), i.e., Pθ. qˆn(X1, . . . , Xn) −→ q(θ)