SOLUTION: There is some evidence that, in the years 1981-85 , a simple name change resulted in a short-term increase in the price of certain business firms' stocks (relative to the prices of

Question 179247: There is some evidence that, in the years 1981-85 , a simple name change resulted in a short-term increase in the price of certain business firms' stocks (relative to the prices of similar stocks). (See D. Horsky and P. Swyngedouw, "Does it pay to change your company's name? A stock market perspective," Marketing Science v.6, pp.320-35,1987.)
Suppose that, to test the profitability of name changes in the more recent market (the past five years), we analyze the stock prices of a large sample of corporations shortly after they changed names, and we find that the mean relative increase in stock price was about 0.88%. Suppose that this mean applies to the population of all companies that changed names during the past five years. Complete the following statements about the distribution of relative increases in stock price for all companies that changed names during the past five years.
a) According to Chebyshev's theorem, at least )56%,75%,84%,89% which one)of the relative increases on stock price lie within 2.5 standard deviations of the mean, 0.88%
b)Suppose that the distribution is bell-shaped. If approximatly 68% of the relative increases in stock price lie between 0.71% and 1.05%, then the approximate value of the standard deviation for the distribution, according to the empirical rule is__

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a) According to Chebyshev's theorem, at least )56%,75%,84%,89% which one)of the relative increases on stock price lie within 2.5 standard deviations of the mean, 0.88%
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[1 - (1/2.5^2)] = [1 - 1/6.25] = [1-1/(25/4)]=1-(4/25)= 21/25=84%
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b)Suppose that the distribution is bell-shaped. If approximatly 68% of the relative increases in stock price lie between 0.71% and 1.05%, then the approximate value of the standard deviation for the distribution, according to the empirical rule is__
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68% covers an interval from one sigma to the left and one sigma1 to the right of the mean,i.e. 2 sigmas.
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2 sigma = (1.05 - 0.71)
sigma = 0.34/2 = 0.17
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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