Use the Table for the Question(s)below

question 52

Multiple Choice

Use the table for the question(s) below.
Consider the following price and dividend data for General Electric Company:
-Assume that you purchased Ford Motor Company stock at the closing price on December 31,2008 and sold it at the closing price on December 30,2009.Your realized annual return for the year 2009 is closest to:

• A)-45.1%.
• B)-44.5%.
• C)-48.5%.
• D)-47.3%.

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Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to estimate the precision of a sample mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data values from their mean, calculated for the entire population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or items selected from a population to constitute a sample for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Sample Size

It refers to the number of observations or individuals taken from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.