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. Why do financiers need hypothesis testing? 2. What method would you use to gat

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Question

. Why do financiers need hypothesis testing?

2. What method would you use to gather a data set on voter preferences?

3. The null hypothesis represents ________.

4. The alternative hypothesis represents ________.

5. The result of any hypothesis test is ________.


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. Why do financiers need hypothesis testing?

Stock and bond pricing data is difficult to obtain and impossible to predict. The normal distribution does not give them enough information to make sound decisions. So they can predict within a degree of certainty where stock prices will go in the future. Data sets do not cover every instance of an event or measurement.

2. What method would you use to gather a data set on voter preferences?

Distributing Sampling Engineering Hypothesizing

3. The null hypothesis represents ________.

the old idea that you wish to disprove no idea at all, a placeholder a third idea that is completely neutral the new idea that you wish to prove

4. The alternative hypothesis represents ________.

the new idea that you wish to prove no idea at all, a placeholder a third idea that is completely neutral the old idea that you wish to disprove

5. The result of any hypothesis test is ________.

we accept or fail to accept the alternative hypothesis we reject or fail to reject the alternative hypothesis we accept or fail to accept the null hypothesis we reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis

Explanation / Answer

1. Option C is correct

2. Option B is correct.

3. Option A is correct.

4. Option A is correct.

5. Option D is correct.