The Timeline in Figure 6

question 42

Multiple Choice

The timeline in Figure 6.1 in the text shows when The New York Times established a website. In what year did this happen?

• A) 1996
• B) 1998
• C) 1990
• D) 1991

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Definitions:

Return on Investment

A measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as the net profit from the investment divided by the initial cost of the investment.

Dividends

Disbursements issued by a company to its shareholders, representing a share of the company's earnings distributed to its stock owners.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points, widely used in finance to measure the volatility of investment returns.

Variance

In statistics, variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out from their average value. It's key in assessing variability and risk.