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Basic Question 1 of 1
Consider the following information about a fund. The fund has been in existence for 4 years. Over this period it has achieved a mean monthly return of 3% with a sample standard deviation of monthly returns of 5%. It was expected to earn a 2.5% mean monthly return over the 4-year period.
B. reject alternative if χ2 is less than 34.764
C. reject null if χ2 is less than 34.764
D. accept null if χ2 is greater than 34.764
You want to test a claim that the investment disciplines of the fund result in a standard deviation of monthly returns of less than 6%. The rejection point(s) for this hypothesis test at the 0.05 level of significance indicate that you would ______.
A. accept null if χ2 is less than 34.764
B. reject alternative if χ2 is less than 34.764
C. reject null if χ2 is less than 34.764
D. accept null if χ2 is greater than 34.764
User Contributed Comments 10
| User | Comment |
|---|---|
| tabulator | Tricky one! |
| Thajju | What is H0 here? if H0 <= 6% then how can we reject null when chi square is less than 34.764. If H0 is assumed >= 6% then we can reject null. Can anybody shed somelight |
| whiteknight | why should we look under 0.95 column....why not under 0.05 (for significance level) ? |
| thekapila | You dont even have to calculate or determine the value 34.764. H0 <=6 That means reject null if chi sqr is less than some value.which is only 34.764 in all options. |
| achu | Thajju and whitenight have the same issue. If H0 >=6% is assumed, then it's a left tail test and the .95 column is needed because the critical region is the LEFT handed' 5% area (.95 = area to the right by definition of table). Looking at section L, it seems like we can assume H0 is >.06 because we want to "prove" Ha that sigma <.06. By putting the desired result to prove in the alternative, we strive to reject H0 null, which will mean accepting the alternative. |
| tom1980 | since accepting wasn't a right word to use in hypotheis, instead of "do not reject". therefore, A and D can be eliminated from above. If the null is stated as H0>= 0.06, then the probability value chose should be 0.95, and we reject null if λ2 is less than 34.764 |
| chamad | Tom 1980, you are right. Thanks. Just to add that the rejection point refers to rejection of the null hyp H0. So the only correponding answer is C (reject null...). This question is telling us tu use logic before going through the long way of calculation |
| panvino | No calculation needed for this one. Ho: >= 0.06 Ha: <0.06 (you want to test stdev is less than 0.06 - alternative is always expressed as what it is you want to determine). Just look at the sign of Ha to know when to reject, that is, here Ha < 0.06 therefore reject Ho if χ2 < 34.764. The opposite is also true: if Ha > value, reject null if test statistic is > than critical value. |
| johntan1979 | I never knew you need to consider direction of Ha to determine reject null when test value is > critical value. Reject null if test > critical in ALL cases for chi square test. |
| sgossett86 | I hate my life right now |
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Learning Outcome Statements
construct hypothesis tests and determine their statistical significance, the associated Type I and Type II errors, and power of the test given a significance level
CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 8.