Someone Who Accepts Claims on the Basis of Supportive Scientific

question 192

Multiple Choice

Someone who accepts claims on the basis of supportive scientific evidence is a

• A)skeptic.
• B)cynic.
• C)rationalist.
• D)empiricist.

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Definitions:

Investment

Allocating resources, usually money, with the expectation of generating an income or profit.

Reward-to-Variability Ratio

A ratio used to evaluate the return of an investment relative to its risk, with a higher ratio indicating a more favorable risk-reward profile.

Risk-free Rate

A presumed income from an investment that is free from any financial risk, typically reflected through government bond yields.

Efficient Frontier

A set of optimal portfolios that offer the highest expected return for a defined level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected return, used in modern portfolio theory.