TABLE 4-8 According to the Record of the Registrar's Office at a at a State

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TABLE 4-8
According to the record of the registrar's office at a state university, 35% of the students are freshman, 25% are sophomore, 16% are junior and the rest are senior. Among the freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, the portion of students who live in the dormitory are, respectively, 80%, 60%, 30% and 20%.
-Referring to Table 4-8, if a randomly selected student lives in the dormitory, what is the probability that the student is not a freshman?

Recognize the distinction between APT and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Understand the role of the risk-free rate in determining the expected returns according to APT.

Appreciate the importance of factor models in explaining security returns.

Determine the risk premiums on factor portfolios according to multifactor models.

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