Confounding Is a Threat to ________ Validity

question 58

Multiple Choice

Confounding is a threat to ________ validity

• A) internal
• B) external
• C) construct
• D) statistical

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Definitions:

Basis Risk

The risk that the price of a hedge and the asset being hedged will not move in perfect correlation.

Call Option

A financial arrangement granting the buyer the freedom, but not the duty, to acquire an asset such as a stock, bond, commodity, at a set price within an established timeframe.

Credit Default Swap

A financial derivative that allows an investor to swap or offset credit risk with another party.

Cross Hedging

A risk management strategy that involves hedging a position in one asset by taking a position in another asset with correlated price movements.