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Statistical Concepts and Market Returns
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Statistical Concepts and Market Returns

In this course, you will learn about descriptive statistics such as central tendency, location, dispersion, and return distributions such as symmetry, skewness, and kurtosis.

  • Difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics
  • Difference between population and sample
  • Types of measurement scales
  • Parameter, sample statistic, and frequency distribution
  • Constructing a histogram or frequency polygon
  • Measures of central tendency
  • Measures of dispersion
  • Quartiles, quintiles, deciles, and percentiles
  • Chebyshev’s inequality
  • Coefficient of variation and Sharpe ratio
  • Skewness and kurtosis

Lessons

01

Descriptive Vs. Inferential Statistics

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02

Types of Measurement Scales

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03

Parameter, Sample Statistic, and Frequency Distribution

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04

Relative Frequencies and Cumulative Relative Frequencies

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05

Properties of a Data Set (Histogram / Frequency Polygon)

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06

Measures of Central Tendency

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07

Calculating Arithmetic Mean

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08

Calculating Weighted Average Mean

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09

Calculating Geometric Mean

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10

Calculating Harmonic Mean

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11

Calculating Median and Mode of a Data Set

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12

Quartiles, Quintiles, Deciles, and Percentiles

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13

Range and Mean Absolute Deviation

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14

Variance and Standard Deviation

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15

Chebyshev’s Inequality

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16

Coefficient of Variation

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17

Sharpe Ratio

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18

Skewness and Kurtosis

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19

Relative Locations of Mean, Median and Mode

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