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STEPS 6 AND 7: MAKING THE STATISTICAL DECISION AND ECONOMIC/INVESTMENT DECISION Yоu аre evаluаting the perfоrmance оf one of the funds held by Florida Retirement System (FRS). FRS's mean performance over the last 5 years is shown in the table below (2017-2021). In 2022, FRS's investments have been managed under the guidance of DELTA Advisors, and they finally achieved an annual return of [r6]%. If the performance improved in 2022 (R22 > Historical Average of R), you will renew FRS's contract with DELTA Advisors. Else a different advisor will be hired. Your confidence level should be 10%. After looking at your results, you recommend: 1: Type 1 if you recommend to renew the contract with DELTA 0: Type 0 if you recommend not to renew the contract with DELTA Year Return Latest 2022 [r6]% Historical 2021 [r5]% 2020 [r4]% 2019 [r3]% 2018 [r2]% 2017 [r1]% A. You quickly estimate the Mean and write it down (After all, since the data corresponds to historical values, this is the same as the Arithmetic Mean = Average). B. You estimate the Standard Deviation, and since the number of years in your sample = only five (small), you consider that this is a sample. C. You estimate the Standard Error, which you get dividing the standard deviation by the square root of N. The t-statistic (t-"value" estimated from your data) is __________. Please type your answer as percentage and not as decimal (e.g., 5.2 and not 0.0502). Round to the nearest two decimals, if needed.
Rаlph, yоur cоlleаgue, interrupts yоu briefly. He is working on а different project and they cannot figure out the probability density function (PDF) for a [z] z-value. You quickly lookup the PDF, assuming a standard normal distribution (where Mean=0, Variance=1, and thus St Dev=1). What is the probability density function for z=[z]? ... That is .... What is f([z])? Round your answer to the nearest four decimals. Type your answer as decimal and not percentage (e.g., 0.052 and not 5.20)
STEP 5: COLLECTING THE DATA AND CALCULATING THE TEST STATISTIC Yоu аre evаluаting the perfоrmance оf one of the funds held by Florida Retirement System (FRS). FRS's mean performance over the last 5 years is shown in the table below (2017-2021). In 2022, FRS's investments have been managed under the guidance of DELTA Advisors, and they finally achieved an annual return of [r6]%. You are tasked to write a report on whether or not FRS's performance for 2022 is (statistically) different from the previous years (2017-2021). In order to get the t-critical-value (your threshold to reject the Null), and your t-statistic (the t-"value" that corresponds to your actual tested performance of an annual return of [r6]%), you need to calculate the moments of FRS's return distribution (specifically: Mean, Variance/Standard Deviation). Year Return Latest 2022 [r6]% Historical 2021 [r5]% 2020 [r4]% 2019 [r3]% 2018 [r2]% 2017 [r1]% A. You quickly estimate the Mean and write it down (After all, since the data corresponds to historical values, this is the same as the Arithmetic Mean = Average). B. You estimate the Standard Deviation, and since the number of years in your sample = only five (small), you consider that this is a sample. C. You estimate the Standard Error, which you get dividing the standard deviation by the square root of N. The standard deviation of FRS's returns is __________. Please type your answer as percentage and not as decimal (e.g., 5.2 and not 0.0502). Round to the nearest two decimals, if needed.