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Sampling Distributions · Superchallenge problem

Two independent polls estimate the same proportion p=0.5p = 0.5: one samples 400400 voters, the other 900900. Analyst A reports the simple average p^1+p^22\dfrac{\hat p_1 + \hat p_2}{2}; analyst B pools all 13001300 responses into one proportion. By what factor is the variance of A's estimate larger than the variance of B's? Express your answer as a common fraction.