Weak convergence for weighted sums of a class of random variables with related statistical applications.

In this paper, we study the weak convergence and convergence rate in the weak law of large numbers for weighted sums of a class of random variables satisfying the Rosenthal type inequality. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence rates in the weak law of large numbers under some mild conditions are provided. Moreover, the main results that we established are applied to simple linear errors-in-variables regression models and nonparametric regression models based on a class of random errors. Finally, we present some numerical simulations to assess the finite sample performance of the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]