Which of the Following Makes This a True Statement? Ideally,when

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following makes this a true statement? Ideally,when searching for a beta for a new line of business:

• A) one could find other firms engaged in the proposed new line of business and use their betas as proxies to estimate the project's risk.
• B) one would like to find at least three or four pure-play proxies.
• C) two (or even one) proxies might represent a suitable sample if their line of business resembles the proposed new project closely enough.
• D) All the answers make this a true statement.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A statistic computed from collected sample data, used to determine the refusal of the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Rejection Region

The set of outcomes that lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis during hypothesis testing.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

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