Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 16th Edition

16th Edition

ISBN: 9780078020520

Author: Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 19, Problem 29CE

An investor believes there is a 50–50 chance that a stock will increase on a particular day. To investigate this idea, for 30 consecutive trading days the investor selects a random sample of 50 stocks and counts the number that increase. The number of stocks in the sample that increased is reported below.

Chapter 19, Problem 29CE, An investor believes there is a 5050 chance that a stock will increase on a particular day. To

Develop p-chart and write a brief report summarizing your findings. Based on these sample results, is it reasonable that the odds are 50–50 that a stock will increase? What percent of the stocks would need to increase in a day for the process to be “out of control”?

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Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 16th Edition

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