A Portfolio Comprises Coke (Beta of 1

question 4

Multiple Choice

A portfolio comprises Coke (beta of 1.3) and Wal-Mart (beta of 0.7) . The amount invested in Coke is $20,000 and in Wal-Mart is $20,000. What is the beta of the portfolio?

• A) 0.9
• B) 0.95
• C) 1.00
• D) 1.10

Examine the impact of moral philosophies on personal versus work-related decisions.

Clarify misconceptions associated with major economic and ethical theories.

Understand the role of ethology in explaining motivation and differentiate it from other perspectives.

Critique the drive reduction theory and describe behavior that contradicts its principles.

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Definitions:

Occurrences

Incidents or instances of something happening.

Poisson Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Successes Achieved

The accomplishments or favorable outcomes attained in a given project, experiment, or other endeavors.

Random Sample

A subset of individuals chosen from a larger set, where each individual has an equal probability of being chosen, ensuring the sample’s representation of the entire population.