You Have a Choice Between Two Projects, Project1 Pays $12,000

question 50

Multiple Choice

You have a choice between two projects, Project1 pays $12,000 back at the end of 1 period on an investment of $10,000. Project 2 pays back $6,500 at the end of 1 period on an investment of $5,000. Which project should be chosen and what is the problem that you must be concerned with in this choice?

• A) Project 1; discount rate.
• B) Project 2; discount rate.
• C) Project 1; project scales.
• D) Project 2; project scales.
• E) Project 1, cash flow timings.

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Definitions:

Pooled Standard Deviation

A method for estimating standard deviation across two or more groups that assumes equal variances.

Sample Means

Sample means are the average values calculated from subsets (samples) taken from a larger population.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of all data points in an entire population, signifying the spread from the population mean.

Sample Standard Deviations

Measures of the dispersion or variation in a sample data set, indicating how spread out the data points are from the mean.