You Own 50 Shares of Auto Corporation That You Purchased

question 66

Multiple Choice

You own 50 shares of Auto Corporation that you purchased for $30 a share. The stock is currently selling for $50 a share, and you placed a stop loss order at $45. If the stock price drops to $35 a share what is your return on this investment?

• A) -30.0 percent
• B) 16.7 percent
• C) 50.0 percent
• D) 66.7 percent
• E) 150.0 percent

Differentiate between types of errors (Type I and Type II) and understand their implications in hypothesis testing.

Apply appropriate statistical methods to compare population proportions.

Perform hypothesis testing for single proportions and understand the relationship between test statistics and p-values.

Understand the conceptual basis of hypothesis testing, including null and alternative hypotheses.

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