Explain How Quota Sampling Can Be Used to Simulate Stratified

question 52

Essay

Explain how quota sampling can be used to simulate stratified random sampling or proportionate stratified random sampling in situations where the entire population is not known.

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Definitions:

Risk-Free Rate

The theoretical return on an investment with zero risk, often represented by the yield on government securities such as U.S. Treasury bills.

Expected Return

The weighted average of all possible returns for an investment, taking into account the probabilities of each outcome, and a key concept in portfolio management and capital budgeting.

Factor Sensitivities

Refers to the responsiveness of an asset's return to changes in underlying factors, often used in the context of multifactor models to evaluate investment risk.

Multifactor APT

A model that describes the returns of an asset as dependent on various macroeconomic or market factors, extending the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).