List the Criteria for Comparing Values of an Independent Variable

question 30

Short Answer

List the criteria for comparing values of an independent variable. Provide an example to explain one of the criteria.

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Definitions:

Characteristic Line

A line generated in a graphical representation of the returns on a security versus the returns on the market, used to assess risk.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the dispersion between numbers in a data set, measuring how far each number in the set is from the mean.

Volatility

Measures the degree of variation of a trading price series over time, indicating the level of uncertainty or risk associated with the size of changes in a security's value.