Which of the Following (If Any) Are Not Financial Intermediaries

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following (if any) are not financial intermediaries?

• A) commercial bank
• B) thrift institution
• C) securities broker
• D) All of these are financial intermediaries

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Definitions:

Scales Of Measurement

The systems used to categorize the nature of information that data provides, namely nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales.

Nominal Scale

A scale of measurement used to categorize variables without providing any quantitative value or order.

Ratio Scale

A scale of measurement where there is a true zero and equal intervals, allowing for the comparison of magnitudes and the performance of mathematical operations.

Statistical Inference

The process of drawing conclusions about a population’s parameters based on a sample taken from the population.