Consider the Following Probability Distribution for Stocks C and D

question 60

Multiple Choice

Consider the following probability distribution for stocks C and D: $\begin{array}{cccc}\text { State } & \text { Probability } & \text { Return on Stock C} & \text { Return on Stock D } \\1 & 0.30 & 7\% & -9\% \\2 & 0.50 & 11\% & 14\% \\3 & 0.20 & -16\% & 26\%\end{array}$

The coefficient of correlation between C and D is

• A) 0.67.
• B) 0.50.
• C) ?0.50.
• D) ?0.67.
• E) None of the options are correct.

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Definitions:

Monocot

A group of flowering plants that are characterized by having a single seed leaf, or cotyledon, in addition to parallel leaf venation and scattered vascular bundles in stems.

Rhizoids

Thread-like structures that anchor nonvascular plants like mosses and liverworts to their substrates, but do not absorb nutrients like true roots.

Cotyledons

Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, the first to appear from a germinating seed.

Ovule

In seed plants, a structure that contains the female gametophyte and has the potential to develop into a seed.