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dbose

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If a sample has 40 observations and the researcher is interested in computing a 10 trimmed mean, how many observations will be removed from the sample?
 a. zero observations
 
  b. four observations
 
  c. eight observations
 
  d. ten observations

Question 2

The value at risk (VAR) is typically defined as the:
 a. 5th percentile of NPV distribution
  b. 10th percentile of NPV distribution
  c. 50th percentile of NPV distribution
  d. 90th percentile of NPV distribution
  e. 95th percentile of NPV distribution



bulacsom

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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