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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 42 1 ii Solution by
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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 givesConsequently . The sample median has times the asymptotic variance of the sample mean, with asymptotic relative efficiency
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