Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2006/iii/paper-42/1/ii/solution

This is a symmetric beta distribution with parameters , so its mean and median are both . At the median its probability density function is , giving asymptotic variance for the sample median. Direct integration gives
Consequently . The sample median has times the asymptotic variance of the sample mean, with asymptotic relative efficiency

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