Your Investment Executive Claims That the Average Yearly Rate of Return

question 126

Multiple Choice

Your investment executive claims that the average yearly rate of return on the stocks she recommends is at least 10.0%. You plan on taking a sample to test her claim. The correct set of hypotheses is

• A)H₀: \(\mu\) < 10.0% H_a:\(\mu\) 10.0%
• B)H₀:\(\mu\) 10.0% H_a: \(\mu\)> 10.0%
• C)H₀: \(\mu\) > 10.0% H_a: \(\mu\) 10.0%
• D)H₀: \(\mu\) 10.0% H_a: \(\mu\) < 10.0%

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

The technique by which learning adjusts the vigor of an action through the employment of reinforcement or discouragement.

Classical Conditioning

Education that takes place by associating an environmental cue with a naturally existing stimulus.

Positive Reinforcers

Stimuli that, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers.