The Variance of a Probability Distribution Is Used to Measure

question 4

Multiple Choice

The variance of a probability distribution is used to measure risk because a higher variance is associated with

• A)a wider spread of values around the mean.
• B)a more compact distribution.
• C)a lower expected value.
• D)both a and b
• E)all of the above

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