All Else Held Constant,as the Variance of a Payoff Increases,the

question 118

Multiple Choice

All else held constant,as the variance of a payoff increases,the

• A) expected value of the payoff increases.
• B) risk of the payoff increases.
• C) expected value of the payoff decreases.
• D) risk of the payoff decreases.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

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Simple Random Sample

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