As a Result of Illegal and Abusive Activities in Recent

question 109

Multiple Choice

As a result of illegal and abusive activities in recent years, new rules and regulations were imposed on mutual fund companies in 2004.These rules were intended to

• A)close legal loopholes that some fund managers had abused.
• B)improve fund governance.
• C)give investors more information about conflicts of interest.
• D)ensure the accuracy of information given to regulators.
• E)All of the options.

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A variable whose values depend on the outcomes of a random phenomenon.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a sample that have a particular characteristic to the total number of members in that sample, often used in statistics to estimate population proportions.

Confidence Coefficient

A value, typically close to 1, that specifies the likelihood that a confidence interval will contain the true population parameter.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like a mean or proportion) that would result from taking a large number of samples from a population.