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PAGE PAGE 38 三 Investment Tools: Quantitative Methods 1.A: Sampling and Estimation Question ID: 18946 An analyst wants to generate a simple random sample of 500 stocks from all 10,000 stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq. Which of the following methods is least likely to generate a random sample? A. Listing all the stocks traded on all three exchanges in alphabetical order and selecting every 20th stock. B. Writing the name of each stock on a piece of paper, putting them in a hat, and drawing out 500 names, one at a time. C. Assigning each stock a unique number and generating a number using a random number generator. Then selecting the stock with that number for the sample and repeating until there are 500 stocks in the sample. D. Using the 500 stocks in the SP 500. D The SP 500 is not a random sample of all stocks traded in the U.S. because it represents the 500 largest stocks. The other three choices are legitimate methods of selecting a simple random sample. Question ID: 21106 A simple random sample is a sample constructed so that: A. each element of the population has the same probability of being selected as part of the sample. B. the sample size is random. C. each element of the population is also an element of the sample. D. the sample size is greater than 30. A Simple random sampling is a method of selecting a sample in such a way that each item or person in the population being studied has the same (non-zero) likelihood of being included in the sample. Question ID: 18607Which of the following statements about sampling errors is FALSE? A. Sampling error is the error made in estimating the population mean based on a sample mean. B. Sampling error is the difference between a sample statistic and its corresponding population parameter. C. Sampling errors are errors due to the wrong sample being selected from the population. D. Sampling errors will vary from one sample to the next. C Definition: Sampling E