MATCHING Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 84

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Thomas E. Dewey

• A)wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
• B)formed a new Progressive party
• C)was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
• D)was convicted in 1950 of lying about espionage
• E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
• F)gave civil rights speech at 1948 Democratic convention
• G)was removed from military command in 1951
• H)was a senator from Wisconsin
• I)was the secretary of state in 1947
• J)led UN forces in Korea after April 1951

---

Definitions:

Kurtosis

A statistical measure that describes the shape of a distribution's tails in relation to a normal distribution, indicating the potential for extreme outcomes.

Distribution

In finance, the way returns are spread out over time or the manner in which assets are allocated within an investment portfolio.

Bell Curve

A graphical representation of a normal distribution, characterized by a symmetrical bell-shaped curve where most occurrences take place around the mean.

Normal Distribution Function

A statistical function that describes how the values of a variable are distributed, with most observations clustering around the mean and fewer observed in the tails.