Suppose a mutual fund qualifies as having moderate risk if the standard deviation of its monthly rate of return is less than 6%. A mutual-fund rating agency randomly selects 23 months and determines the rate of return for a certain fund. The standard deviation of the rate of return is computed to be 5.26%. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the fund has moderate risk at the α=0.05 level of significance? A normal probability plot indicates that the monthly rates of return are normally distributed. What are the correct hypotheses for this test? The null hypothesis? The alternative hypothesis? Calculate the value of the test statistic x^2? The P-value ? What is the correct conclusion at the α=0.05 level of significance?
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
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Suppose a mutual fund qualifies as having moderate risk if the standard deviation of its monthly rate of return is less than 6%. A mutual-fund rating agency randomly selects 23 months and determines the rate of return for a certain fund. The standard deviation of the rate of return is computed to be 5.26%. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the fund has moderate risk at the α=0.05 level of significance?
A normal probability plot indicates that the monthly rates of return are
What are the correct hypotheses for this test?
The null hypothesis?
The alternative hypothesis?
Calculate the value of the test statistic x^2?
The P-value ?
What is the correct conclusion at the α=0.05 level of significance?
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