MATH 533 Week 1 Discussion; Study and Sample Design

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Mike Mentzer

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MATH 533 Applied Managerial Statistics

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Week 1: Study and Sample Design A company makes men's button-up dress shirts and is considering changes to its design. How might the company go about finding a good sample of individuals? These decisions would include method of sampling, location of sampling, population to consider, and number in sample, in addition to any other considerations. This topic was locked Mar 7 at 1:59am. 614172047029View Instructor posts View My Posts Search entries or author Filter replies by unread UnreadCollapse replies Expand replies Subscribed • Collapse SubdiscussionJennifer Harris Jennifer Harris Feb 25, 2022Local: Feb 25 at 10:26am<br>Course: Feb 25 at 8:26am Manage Discussion Entry Real World Applications: Investments Say you had money to invest and were choosing between two stocks. Stock A has a mean return of 4% and a standard deviation of 0.3. Stock B has a mean return of 6% and a standard deviation of 1.8. Which stock has the highest risk? Describe how you are arriving at that conclusion. Which stock would you choose and why? (no right answer to this last question; is it a personal risk tolerance; include why) Please note: in investing, the measure of standard deviation is most akin to the stock’s beta. When you take a finance class, you will be discussing beta. Now you know it is similar to the standard deviation of the return! Collapse SubdiscussionJason Davidovics Jason Davidovics Feb 27, 2022Local: Feb 27 at 12:34pm<br>Course: Feb 27 at 10:34am Manage Discussion Entry The expected return of a portfolio is the anticipated amount of returns that a portfolio may generate, whereas the standard deviation of a portfolio measures the amount that the returns deviate from its mean rate of return. Since stock B has a standard deviation of 1.8 and Stock A has a standard deviation of .3, Stock B has a significantly higher risk as

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