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= Solution
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For the sample <likelihood function> $L(\theta)=\prod_i f(X_i;\theta)$ and log-likelihood $\ell=\log L$, the expected <Fisher information> is
$$
\boxed{I_n(\theta)=\mathbb E_\theta[(\ell'(\theta))^2]=-\mathbb E_\theta[\ell''(\theta)].}
$$
The second equality uses the usual regularity assumptions permitting differentiation under the integral and a parameter-independent support. Independent identically distributed observations give $I_n(\theta)=nI_1(\theta)$.

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