The Use of the Semivariance Turns Out to Result in the Exact

question 72

Multiple Choice

The use of the semivariance turns out to result in the exact same ranking of uncertain outcomes with respect to risk as the use of the variance when the:

• A)distribution is asymmetric.
• B)coefficient of variation is introduced.
• C)distribution is symmetric.
• D)range of distributions is equal.
• E)standard deviation and mean of distributions is equal.

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