Often We Want to Describe What the "Average" Person Did

question 175

Multiple Choice

Often we want to describe what the "average" person did. For this purpose the mean and median give similar results UNLESS

• A) the sample has a small standard deviation.
• B) the population being studied is extremely large.
• C) the sample has a normal distribution centered around a mean of zero.
• D) a few individuals in the sample are extreme, unlike the others.

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Definitions:

Payback Period

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Independent Project

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Conventional Cash Flows

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Net Present Value

A financial metric that calculates the present value of all cash inflows and outflows associated with an investment, considering the time value of money.