%0 Report %9 Technical Report %A Berti, Patrizia %A Crimaldi, Irene %A Pratelli, Luca %A Rigo, Pietro %D 2012 %F eprints:1386 %I IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca %K Anscombe theorem, Exchangeability, Random indices, Random sums, Stable convergence %T AN ANSCOMBE-TYPE THEOREM %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1386/ %X Let (X_n) be a sequence of random variables (with values in a separable metric space) and (N_n) a sequence of random indices. Conditions for X_{N_n} to converge stably (in particular, in distribution) are provided. Some examples, where such conditions work but those already existing fail, are given as well.