Mean of an average of squared and product terms
Question
Let be i.i.d. with mean , variance , and finite third and fourth moments. Define What is ? (Enter if the limit does not exist.)
Short answer
. The bracketed terms are i.i.d., so equals the mean of one term for every . With and independence, that mean is .
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