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Statistical Concepts And Market Returns

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A Distinguish Between Descriptive Statistics And Inferential Statistics, Between A Population And A Sample, And Among The Types Of Measurement Scales;

B Define A Parameter, A Sample Statistic, And A Frequency Distribution;

C Calculate And Interpret Relative Frequencies And Cumulative Relative Frequencies, Given A Frequency Distribution;

D Describe The Properties Of A Data Set Presented As A Histogram Or A Frequency Polygon;

E Calculate And Interpret Measures Of Central Tendency, Including The Population Mean, Sample Mean, Arithmetic Mean, Weighted Average Or Mean, Geometric Mean, Harmonic Mean, Median, And Mode;

F Calculate And Interpret Quartiles, Quintiles, Deciles, And Percentiles;

G Calculate And Interpret 1) A Range And A Mean Absolute Deviation And 2) The Variance And Standard Deviation Of A Population And Of A Sample;

H Calculate And Interpret The Proportion Of Observations Falling Within A Specified Number Of Standard Deviations Of The Mean Using Chebyshev’s Inequality;

I Calculate And Interpret The Coefficient Of Variation And The Sharpe Ratio;

J Explain Skewness And The Meaning Of A Positively Or Negatively Skewed Return Distribution;

K Describe The Relative Locations Of The Mean, Median, And Mode For A Unimodal, Nonsymmetrical Distribution;

L Explain Measures Of Sample Skewness And Kurtosis;

M Compare The Use Of Arithmetic And Geometric Means When Analyzing Investment Returns.