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The Following Table Shows Numerical Summaries of the Worst Quarter

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The following table shows numerical summaries of the worst quarter returns (in percentages)for a sample of 121 hedge funds. The following table shows numerical summaries of the worst quarter returns (in percentages)for a sample of 121 hedge funds.   a.Set up the competing hypotheses for the Jarque-Bera test for normality for the worst quarter returns. b.Calculate the value of the test statistic and find thep-value. c.Does the evidence suggest the worst quarter returns do not have a normal distribution at the 5% significance level? a.Set up the competing hypotheses for the Jarque-Bera test for normality for the worst quarter returns.
b.Calculate the value of the test statistic and find thep-value.
c.Does the evidence suggest the worst quarter returns do not have a normal distribution at the 5% significance level?


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T Distribution

A statistical distribution type that emerges when calculating the average of a population with a normal distribution, under conditions where there are few samples and the population's standard deviation is not known.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values within a calculation that can freely vary when estimating statistical parameters.

Standard Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that has a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, represented by the bell curve where most occurrences take place near the mean.

T Distribution

A distribution of probability applied to infer parameters of a population when the sample size is limited and the population's variance is not known.

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