A Door Casts an Increasingly Trapezoidal Image on Our Retinas

question 144

Multiple Choice

A door casts an increasingly trapezoidal image on our retinas as it opens,yet we still perceive it as rectangular.This illustrates

• A) retinal disparity.
• B) interposition.
• C) shape constancy.
• D) linear perspective.

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Definitions:

Sharpe Ratio

Reward-to-volatility ratio; ratio of excess return to portfolio standard deviation.

Standard Deviation

Standard Deviation is a measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns around the mean.

Returns

The profit or loss derived from an investment over a particular period, usually expressed as a percentage.

Sharpe Ratio

A measure used to evaluate the risk-adjusted return of an investment by dividing the difference between the investment's return and the risk-free rate by the standard deviation of the investment's returns.