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Q175Section III (Statistics)175 of 190

Variance of a mean of three AR(1) values needs autocovariances, not autocorrelations

What will be the variance of (X1+X2+X3)/3(X_1+X_2+X_3)/3, if X1X_1, X2X_2 and X3X_3 are from an AR(1) series Xt=12Xt−1+ZtX_t=\tfrac12X_{t-1}+Z_t, where Zt∼Z_t\sim iid normal (0,1)(0,1)?

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