A random sample of 10 stock market mutual funds was taken. Suppose that rates of returns on

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A random sample of 10 stock market mutual funds was taken. Suppose that rates of returns on the population of all stock market mutual funds follow a normal distribution.
a. The probability is 0.10 that sample variance is greater than what percentage of the population variance?
b. Find any pair of numbers, a and b, to complete the following sentence: The probability is 0.95 that the sample variance is between a% and b% of the population variance.
c. Suppose that a sample of 20 mutual funds had been taken. Without doing the calculations, indicate how this would change your answer to part (b). Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are like a pool of funds gathered by different small investors that have simalar investment perspective about returns on their investments. These funds are managed by professional investment managers who act smartly on behalf of the...
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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780132745659

8th Edition

Authors: Paul Newbold, William Carlson, Betty Thorne

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