From 1800 to 2002, What Percent of All Persons Executed

question 55

Multiple Choice

From 1800 to 2002, what percent of all persons executed in the United States were African Americans?

• A) 10
• B) 25
• C) 50
• D) 75
• E) 90

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Definitions:

Risk-Free Rate

The return on an investment with zero risk of financial loss, typically represented by the yield of government bonds.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; a beta above 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile than the market, while a beta below 1 indicates it is less volatile.

Unadjusted Beta

Unadjusted beta is the raw beta value of a security or portfolio without any adjustments for its specific risks and characteristics, typically used as a measure of its volatility against the market.

Adjusted Betas

Betas that have been modified to account for the tendency of a stock's market risk measure to regress towards the mean over time, used in finance to predict future betas.