Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 2.44ACB
Performance of stock screeners. Investment companies provide their clients with automated tools—called stock screeners—to help them select a portfolio of stocks to invest in. The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) provides statistics on stock screeners at its Web site, www.aaii.com. The next table lists the annualized percentage return on investment (as compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index) for 13 randomly selected stock screeners. (Note: A negative annualized return reflects a stock portfolio that performed worse than the S&P 500.)
- a. Compute the
mean for the data set. Interpret its value. - b. Compute the
median for the data set. Interpret its value.
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