统计学(英文版)： Data collection techniques.pptVIP

* Example 2 IBM MERCKCO ZEP INC PETROCHINA Expected Return 0.006043767 0.011594167 0.003095067 0.0042411 Variance 0.002062098 0.001928209 0.009156767 0.004133985 Standard Deviation 0.045410325 0.043911373 0.095691 0.064296073 correlation coefficient ρ(IBMMRK) 0.134054861 ρ(IBMZEP) -0.072807205 ρ(IBMPTR) 0.406428555 ρ(MRKZEP) 0.040230052 ρ(MRKPRT) 0.113137156 ρ(ZEPPRT) 0.312852843 * INFERENTIAL STATISTICS Inferential Statistics: the method used to find out something about a population, based on a sample. Population: a collection of all possible individuals, objects, or measurements of interest