An Investment Analyst Wants to Examine the Relationship Between a Mutual

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Essay

An investment analyst wants to examine the relationship between a mutual fund's return, its turnover rate, and its expense ratio. She randomly selects 10 mutual funds and estimates:
Return = β₀ + β₁Turnover + β₂Expense + ε, where Return is the average five-year return , Turnover is the annual holdings turnover (in %), Expense is the annual expense ratio (in %), and ε is the random error component. A portion of the regression results is shown in the accompanying table. a. Predict the return for a mutual fund that has an annual holdings turnover of 60% and an annual expense ratio of 1.5%.
B) Interpret the slope coefficient for the variable Expense.
C) Calculate the standard error of the estimate.
D) Calculate and interpret the coefficient of determination.

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