Which of the following best describes discrete numerical data?

Correct answer: Data that consists of countable values.

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A dataset contains the daily closing prices of a specific stock over the past year. This is best classified as:

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In a frequency distribution, the relative frequency of an interval is calculated as:

Question 4

A contingency table is primarily used to analyze:

Question 5

Which visualization tool is most appropriate for identifying whether a nonlinear relationship exists between two numerical variables?

Question 6

The sum of the deviations of observations from their arithmetic mean is always:

Question 7

Calculate the weighted mean return of a portfolio consisting of 60 percent Asset A (return 10 percent) and 40 percent Asset B (return 5 percent).

Question 8

Which measure of central tendency is least affected by outliers?

Question 9

Calculate the geometric mean return for three years with returns of 10 percent, 20 percent, and -10 percent.

Question 10

An investor purchases 1,000 USD of stock each month. The share prices paid were 10, 15, and 20. The average cost per share is best calculated using the:

Question 11

If a distribution is positively skewed, the relationship between the mean, median, and mode is typically:

Question 12

The third quartile (Q3) of a dataset represents the value below which what percentage of observations lie?

Question 13

What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) of the returns 2 percent, 5 percent, and -1 percent?

Question 14

The sample variance is calculated using a denominator of:

Question 15

Calculate the coefficient of variation (CV) for a stock with a mean return of 8 percent and a standard deviation of 12 percent.

Question 16

A distribution with excess kurtosis of 2.0 is best described as:

Question 17

The correlation coefficient between two variables ranges from:

Question 18

Which chart type is best for displaying the joint frequency of two categorical variables?

Question 19

If the harmonic mean, geometric mean, and arithmetic mean are calculated for a dataset with variable positive values, which inequality is correct?

Question 20

A winsorized mean is calculated by:

Question 21

Unstructured data is best described as:

Question 22

For a dataset with 9 observations, the position of the 3rd quartile is calculated using the formula (n+1)y/100. What is the position?

Question 23

A box and whisker plot specifically highlights which measure of dispersion?

Question 24

Calculate the sample variance for a dataset: 2, 4, 6. (Mean is 4).

Question 25

Target downside deviation differs from standard deviation because it:

Question 26

Which word cloud feature indicates the frequency of a word in a text dataset?

Question 27

Ordinal data allows for which of the following operations?

Question 28

A confusion matrix is a type of:

Question 29

Which chart is best suited for comparing categories by size where area represents value?

Question 30

The harmonic mean of 2 and 8 is:

Question 31

In a unimodal distribution, if the Mode < Median < Mean, the distribution is:

Question 32

Spurious correlation refers to:

Question 33

What is the joint frequency of 'Monday' and 'Front Street' if the marginal frequency for Monday is 19 and Front Street is 25, given the cell value is 7?

Question 34

A histogram is essentially a bar chart of:

Question 35

If the standard deviation of a dataset is 5 and the mean is 20, the coefficient of variation is:

Question 36

Excess kurtosis is calculated as:

Question 37

Which measure is calculated as the sum of squared deviations from the mean divided by (n-1)?

Question 38

Given returns of 10 percent, 10 percent, 40 percent, 10 percent. Which principle allows us to sum the present values of these cash flows?

Question 39

A bubble line chart adds a third dimension to a line chart by modifying the:

Question 40

Which of the following is true for a normal distribution?

Question 41

If covariance is 0.0058, standard deviation of A is 0.0529, and standard deviation of B is 0.1114, what is the correlation coefficient?

Question 42

Panel data typically combines which two data types?

Question 43

In a box and whisker plot, the vertical line within the box represents the:

Question 44

To calculate a compound annual rate of return over three years, one should use the:

Question 45

Which of the following is true regarding the arithmetic mean and geometric mean for variable data?

Question 46

Covariance measures:

Question 47

A heat map uses which visual element to display data frequency?

Question 48

Which of the following is NOT a property of the arithmetic mean?

Question 49

To construct a frequency polygon, one plots points using:

Question 50

Given a sample of returns: 30 percent, 12 percent, 25 percent, 20 percent, 23 percent. What is the median?