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The recurrence relation at k=3 gives I5​=2θI3​=2θ2. Consequently
var(Xi2​)=E[Xi4​]−(E[Xi2​])2=I5​−I32​=2θ2−θ2=θ2.
(1)
By variance additivity for independent random variables, the variance of their sample mean is
var(θ)=n2nθ2​=nθ2​.​
(2)

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