The Most Likely Data Type for a Surrogate Key Is

question 97

Multiple Choice

The most likely data type for a surrogate key is ____.

• A) Character
• B) Date
• C) Logical
• D) Numeric

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Definitions:

Alpha

A measure of the active return on an investment, indicating the performance of that investment compared to a benchmark index.

Single-Index Structure

An investment model that relates the returns on a stock to the returns on a common market index using a linear relationship.

Expected Returns

The anticipated profit or loss from an investment over a specific period, based on historical or projected performance.

Sensitivity Coefficients

Numbers that measure how much a dependent variable changes when an independent variable changes by one unit, often used in financial models to gauge risk.