Standard Deviation Is Needed to Estimate the Amount of Additional

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Standard deviation is needed to estimate the amount of additional reward you will receive for purchasing a risky asset instead of a risk-free asset.

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Definitions:

Statistical Process Control

A method of quality control which employs statistical methods to monitor and control a process, helping ensure that the process operates at its fullest potential.

Variation

The measure of dispersion in a dataset, showing how much individual data points differ from the mean.

Special Causes

Unusual, non-random factors that cause variability in a process, distinct from common causes.

Common Causes

Natural variations in a process, which are constant and inherent in the system over time, as opposed to special causes that are unusual or not part of the process.