As Part of an Economics Class Project, Students Were Asked

question 38

Multiple Choice

As part of an economics class project, students were asked to randomly select 500 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stocks from the Wall Street Journal. As part of the project, students were asked to summarize the current prices (also referred to as the closing price of the stock for a particular trading date) of the collected stocks using graphical and numerical techniques. Would this be an application of descriptive or inferential statistics?

• A) Inferential statistics
• B) Descriptive statistics

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Definitions:

Collateralized Borrowing

A loan that is secured by collateral, meaning if the borrower defaults, the lender has the right to seize the asset(s) pledged as collateral.

Surrenders Control

In accounting or finance, refers to the act of a party giving up the authority or power over an asset or decision-making to another party.

Securitization

The financial process of pooling various types of contractual debt, such as mortgages or loans, and selling them as consolidated financial instruments to investors.

Securities Not Collateralized

Financial instruments or investments that are not backed by a physical asset or security, making them potentially riskier for investors since there is no guarantee of repayment through asset seizure.