An Important Feature of the Financial Market Crisis Was

question 63

Multiple Choice

An important feature of the financial market crisis was

• A) decreased interest rate spread on risky assets versus safe assets.
• B) increased investment by firms.
• C) an increase in the safe credit market interest rate, r.
• D) increased financial market uncertainty.
• E) a lower opportunity cost of investment.

---

Definitions:

Interrater Reliability

The level of agreement among multiple observers or raters of the same phenomenon or measurement.

Concurrent

Existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Test-Retest

A method used to assess the consistency of a measure by comparing the scores of the same participants on the same test administered at two different times.

Parallel Forms

A method of reliability assessment in psychometrics where two different versions of a test are used to measure the same construct, to check for consistency.