Practice: M07 — Estimation and Inference

Module: M07 Glossary: M07 Terms


Topic 1: Sampling Methods, CLT, and Standard Error

Question 1: A population has a non-normal distribution with mean and variance. The sampling distribution of the sample mean computed from samples of large size from that population will have:

A. The same distribution as the population distribution B. Its mean approximately equal to the population mean C. Its variance approximately equal to the population variance


Question 2: When sampling from a population, the most appropriate sample size:

A. Minimizes the sampling error and the standard deviation of the sample statistic around its population value B. Is at least 30 C. Involves a trade-off between the cost of increasing the sample size and the value of increasing the precision of the estimates


Question 3: A sample of 30 monthly returns has mean 2% and sample standard deviation 20%. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the population mean.


Topic 2: Confidence Intervals

Question 4: Petra Munzi wants to build a 95% CI for population mean return. Population cross-sectional . She wants the CI to have a total width of 1%.

A. How large a sample does she need? B. At 1,000 budget, can she build this CI?


Topic 3: Resampling

Question 5: Compared with bootstrap resampling, jackknife resampling:

A. Is done with replacement B. Usually requires that the number of repetitions is equal to the sample size C. Produces dissimilar results for every run because resamples are randomly drawn


Topic 4: Sampling Biases

Question 6: A report on long-term stock returns focused exclusively on all currently publicly traded firms in an industry is most likely susceptible to:

A. Look-ahead bias B. Survivorship bias C. Intergenerational data mining


Question 7: Which characteristic of an investment study most likely indicates time period bias?

A. The study is based on a short time-series B. Information not available on the test date is used C. A structural change occurred prior to the start of the study’s time series