An Analyst Studies a Data Set of the Year-End Book

question 1

Multiple Choice

An analyst studies a data set of the year-end book value per share for all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This data set is best described as

• A) time series data.
• B) cross-sectional data.
• C) neither time series nor cross-sectional data.
• D) a combination of time series and cross-sectional data.

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