Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077835422
Author: Zvi Bodie Professor, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 2CP
Which of the following statements about the standard deviation is/are true? A standard deviation: (LO 5-2)
a. Is the square root of the variance.
b. Is denominated in the same units as the original data.
c. Can be a positive or a negative number.
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