In the 1950s the Interest Rate on Three-Month Treasury Bills

question 87

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s the interest rate on three-month Treasury bills fluctuated between 1 percent and 3.5 percent;in the 1980s it fluctuated between ________ percent and ________ percent.

• A)5;15
• B)4;11.5
• C)4;18
• D)5;10

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Definitions:

Probability Distributions

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Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A non-parametric test used to compare two independent samples to determine whether there is a significant difference between their distributions.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A non-parametric statistical test that determines if there are statistically significant differences between two or more groups of an independent variable on a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.

Wilcoxon Test Statistic

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