His study had a high level of <em>replicability.</em>
Replicability is, in psychology and other experiments, the ability for the study to consistently produce the same results when conducted multiple times with the exact same procedure. If Kevin was able to conduct his experiment and Malcolm was also able to follow the same procedure and find the same results, then his study is highly replicable.
Answer:
SD = 0.0740270 or 7.40270 percent rounded off to 7.403 percent
Explanation:
To calculate the standard deviation of the investment, we must first calculate the expected or mean return of the investment. The expected or mean return can be calculated as follows,
r = pA * rA + pB * rB + ... + pN * rN
Where,
- pA, pB, ... represents the probability of state occurrence
- rA, rB, ... represents return A, return B and so on under each state
r = 0.2 * 0.16 + 0.4 * 0.12 + 0.2 * 0.05 + 0.2 * -0.05
r = 0.08 or 8%
The formula to calculate the standard deviation of a stock/investment is as follows,
SD = √pA * (rA - r)² + pB * (rB - r)² + ... + pN * (rN - r)²
SD = √0.2 * (0.16 - 0.08)² + 0.4 * (0.12 - 0.08)² + 0.2 * (0.05 - 0.08)² + 0.2 * (-0.05 - 0.08)²
SD = 0.0740270 or 7.40270 percent rounded off to 7.403 percent
This measures frequency, as it states that number of times the target gets to see the message
