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Suppose a mutual fund qualifies as having moderate risk if the standard deviatio

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Question

Suppose a mutual fund qualifies as having moderate risk if the standard deviation of its monthly rate is less than 3 %. A mutual fund rating agency randomly selects 23 months and determines the rate of return for a certain fund. The standard deviation of the rate of return is computed to be 2.68%. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the fund has moderate risk at the a = 0.10 level of significance? A normal probability plot indicates that the monthly rates of return are normally distributed. What are the correct hypotheses for this test? The null hypothesis is H_0 The alternative hypothesis is H_1 Calculate the value of the test Use technology to determine the P-value for the test statistic. The P-value is (Round to three decimal places as needed) What is the correct conclusion at the a = 0.10 level of significance? Since the P-value is than the level of significance. the null hypothesis. There sufficient evidence to conclude that the fund has risk at the

Explanation / Answer

Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,              
              
Ho:   sigma   >=   0.03   [ANSWER]
Ha:    sigma   <   0.03   [ANSWER]

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As we can see, this is a    left   tailed test.      
Getting the test statistic, as              
s = sample standard deviation =    0.0268          
sigmao = hypothesized standard deviation =    0.03          
n = sample size =    23          
              
              
Thus, chi^2 = (N - 1)(s/sigmao)^2 =    17.55697778   [ANSWER, TEST STATISTIC]

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df = N - 1 =    22          

Hence, by technology,
          
Pvalue = 0.268091819 [ANSWER]

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As P > 0.10, then we FAIL TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.              

1. GREATER
2. FAIL TO REJECT
3. NO SUFFICIENT [ANSWERS]

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