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Sampling and Experiments · Superchallenge problem

A list holds the numbers 1,2,…,1001, 2, \ldots, 100 in increasing order. Plan A is a systematic sample of 10: a random start rr from 1 to 10, then every 10th entry. Plan B is a simple random sample of 10 entries. Let xˉ\bar{x} be the sample mean. Find Var(xˉ) under BVar(xˉ) under A\dfrac{\mathrm{Var}(\bar{x}) \text{ under B}}{\mathrm{Var}(\bar{x}) \text{ under A}}.