SCENARIO 12-4 A Computer Used by a 24-Hour Banking Service Is Supposed

question 90

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 12-4
A computer used by a 24-hour banking service is supposed to randomly assign each transaction to one of 5 memory locations.A check at the end of a day's transactions gave the counts shown in the table to each of the 5 memory locations,along with the number of reported errors.
The bank manager wanted to test whether the proportion of errors in transactions assigned to each of the 5 memory locations differ.
-Referring to Scenario 12-4,the critical value of the test statistic at 1% level of significance is

• A)7.7794
• B)13.2767
• C)20.0902
• D)23.2093

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Definitions:

Market Signals

Indicators or signs derived from market behavior that provide information or data regarding the demand or supply conditions, influencing decisions.

Adverse Selection

A situation in which one party in a transaction has more or better information compared to another, leading to an imbalance and potentially poor decision-making, often discussed in insurance markets.

Asymmetric Information

A situation in which one party in a transaction has more or superior information compared to another, often leading to an unfair advantage.

Moral Hazard

The risk that one party to a transaction behaves in a way that is undesirable from the other party's point of view because the latter cannot effectively control the former.